Why did Brent Scowcraft break with the Bush 43 administration?

This is a fascinating description of the differences between the Bush 41 and the Bush 43 views of how to handle Iraq, from the point of view of Brent Scowcraft, National Security Advosor to Bush 41. It provides a description of the differences in decison style of the two administrations, as well as the importance of Cheney and Rice in the two administrations. In it you will see the difference between Bush 41 who wanted all the available information and different opinions on what it meant, and Bush 43 who listens only to those he agrees with and who discourages disagreeing opinions.

It is the difference between being reality-based and being ideology-based. It is also the difference between the realists and the Wilsonians. The Wilsonians bite off more than they can chew, and the military methods they tend to apply are counter-productive. That is also clear in this presentation.

The article is by Jeffrey Goldberg in the New Yorker. If you want to see why we are now in Iraq and why the decision to Invade Iraq was wrong, read it all.