I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Bush family feud to go public

This is really big and means the Bush administration is going to have a really bad week. We have known from the start that George H. W. Bush and his circle of the rich and powerful were opposed to Shrub's war in Iraq. Well via The Left Coaster we hear from Steve Clemons that none other than conservative foreign policy icon Brent Scowcroft lets the White House national security decision making team have it with both barrels and has some help from Bush Sr. Scowcroft's attack will come in the Monday issue of The New Yorker.
The revered-in-tons-of-corners former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft definitively breaks ranks with the Bush administration in an article by nearly the same name, "Breaking Ranks," appearing in the upcoming Monday issue of The New Yorker.

The article will outline what decisions and events have built up to turn Brent Scowcroft against this Bush administration. Yes, that's right. . ."turned Brent Scowcroft against this Bush administration."

Jeffrey Goldberg, the author of the piece, has pulled off a stunning coup by not only getting Brent Scowcroft to talk -- but also getting some incredibly juicy commentary from President George H.W. Bush on the performance of his son's national security team.
You have to wonder if this is an attempt to shake Shrub up enough to make him shake things up himself. It is becoming obvious that Shrub's administration is fucking things up so bad that the Bush conservatives see their hopes of domination rapidly going down the tubes.

Update
Something that just occured to me; are they trying to give Republicans running for office next year some cover to run from Shrub?

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