Everybody says 'Bush MUST GO!'

26 Ex-U.S. Diplomats Urge Bush's Ouster

Wednesday June 16, 2004 7:16 PM
By HARRY DUNPHY
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of 26 retired U.S. diplomats and military officers said Wednesday that President Bush should be voted out of office in November for damaging U.S. national security interests and America's standing in the international community.

``Today we see that structure crumbling under an administration blinded by ideology and a callous indifference to the world around it,'' said Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. ``Never before have so many of us felt the need for a major change in the direction of our foreign policy.'' ......

"Our security has been weakened," the former ambassadors and four-star commanders said in a statement read at a packed Washington news conference.

"Never in the two and a quarter centuries of our history has the United States been so isolated among the nations, so broadly feared and distrusted."....

Retired Diplomats, Military Commanders Fault Bush's Leadership
Administration Unable to Handle Global Leadership, Former Ambassadors, Generals Say
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 16, 2004; 2:33 PM

former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chas Freeman criticized a "post 9/11 atmosphere of hysteria."

"I think we will in time come to be very ashamed of this period in history," Freeman said,"and of the role some people in the administration played in setting the tone and setting the rules.".....

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Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change