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Scowcroft is not a [[neocon]]. He was vocal in his criticism of [[George W. Bush]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and the other neocons of what they did and were doing in the [[Iraq war]].<ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5146604</ref> By 2015 Hillary bowed to Scowcroft's point of view on the issue,<ref>https://youtu.be/RgtQD0wRHLs</ref> and Scowcroft became an enthusiastic supporter for Hillary among [[GOP]] establishment types.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/brent-scowcroft-endorses-hillary-clinton-224677</ref>
 
Scowcroft is not a [[neocon]]. He was vocal in his criticism of [[George W. Bush]], [[Hillary Clinton]], and the other neocons of what they did and were doing in the [[Iraq war]].<ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5146604</ref> By 2015 Hillary bowed to Scowcroft's point of view on the issue,<ref>https://youtu.be/RgtQD0wRHLs</ref> and Scowcroft became an enthusiastic supporter for Hillary among [[GOP]] establishment types.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/brent-scowcroft-endorses-hillary-clinton-224677</ref>
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Scowcroft was famously photographed toasting the butchers of the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square massacre]] just days later. The [[Chinese]] government killed at least 10,000 of its own people and many survivors were sent to the Chinese [[gulag]]. Scowcroft flew to [[Beijing]] to assure them trade agreements would remain in place (e.g., selling cheap Chinese made consumer goods at Walmart where Hillary Clinton sat on the board of directors) and there would be no sanctions.<ref>https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/other-tiananmen-papers</ref><ref>http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/#d33</ref> There has not been any similar mass pro-democracy movements in China since for nearly 30 years now.
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Scowcroft was famously photographed toasting the butchers of the 1989 [[Tiananmen Square massacre]] shortly afterward. The [[Chinese]] government killed at least 10,000 of its own people and many survivors were sent to the Chinese [[gulag]]. Scowcroft flew to [[Beijing]] to assure them trade agreements would remain in place (e.g., selling cheap Chinese made consumer goods at Walmart where Hillary Clinton sat on the board of directors) and there would be no sanctions.<ref>https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/other-tiananmen-papers</ref><ref>http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/#d33</ref> There has not been any similar mass pro-democracy movements in China since for nearly 30 years now.
    
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