[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:14396] Diplomats/Military Commanders
for Change Statement
Al Kagan
akagan at uiuc.edu
Fri Jul 9 22:50:33 CDT 2004
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>Subject: [SRRTAC-L:14396] Diplomats/Military Commanders for Change Statement
>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:56:47 -0500
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>Don't know if this has been posted on the
>listserv yet. But in case folks haven't seen
>it....Mike
>
>Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change
>Official Statement
>June 16, 2004
>
>The undersigned have held positions of
>responsibility for the planning and execution of
>American foreign and defense policy.
>Collectively, we have served every president
>since Harry S. Truman. Some of us are Democrats,
>some are Republicans or Independents, many voted
>for George W. Bush. But we all believe that
>current Administration policies have failed in
>the primary responsibilities of preserving
>national security and providing world
>leadership. Serious issues are at stake. We need
>a change.
>
>From the outset, President George W. Bush
>adopted an overbearing approach to America's
>role in the world, relying upon military might
>and righteousness, insensitive to the concerns
>of traditional friends and allies, and
>disdainful of the United Nations. Instead of
>building upon America's great economic and moral
>strength to lead other nations in a coordinated
>campaign to address the causes of terrorism and
>to stifle its resources, the Administration,
>motivated more by ideology than by reasoned
>analysis, struck out on its own. It led the
>United States into an ill-planned and costly war
>from which exit is uncertain. It justified the
>invasion of Iraq by manipulation of uncertain
>intelligence about weapons of mass destruction,
>and by a cynical campaign to persuade the public
>that Saddam Hussein was linked to Al Qaeda and
>the attacks of September 11. The evidence did
>not support this argument.
>
>Our security has been weakened. While American
>airmen and women, marines, soldiers and sailors
>have performed gallantly, our armed forces were
>not prepared for military occupation and nation
>building. Public opinion polls throughout the
>world report hostility toward us. Muslim youth
>are turning to anti-American terrorism. 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. No
>loyal American would question our ultimate right
>to act alone in our national interest; but
>responsible leadership would not turn to
>unilateral military action before diplomacy had
>been thoroughly explored.
>
>The United States suffers from close
>identification with autocratic regimes in the
>Muslim world, and from the perception of
>unquestioning support for the policies and
>actions of the present Israeli Government. To
>enhance credibility with Islamic peoples we must
>pursue courageous, energetic and balanced
>efforts to establish peace between Israelis and
>Palestinians, and policies that encourage
>responsible democratic reforms.
>
>We face profound challenges in the 21st Century:
>proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
>unequal distribution of wealth and the fruits of
>globalization, terrorism, environmental
>degradation, population growth in the developing
>world, HIV/AIDS, ethnic and religious
>confrontations. Such problems can not be
>resolved by military force, nor by the sole
>remaining superpower alone; they demand patient,
>coordinated global effort under the leadership
>of the United States.
>
>The Bush Administration has shown that it does
>not grasp these circumstances of the new era,
>and is not able to rise to the responsibilities
>of world leadership in either style or
>substance. It is time for a change.
>
>Signatories
>
>The Honorable Avis T. Bohlen
>Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, 1999
>Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996
>District of Columbia
>
>Admiral William J. Crowe, USN, Ret.
>Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence
>Advisory Committee, 1993 Ambassador to the Court
>of Saint James, 1993 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
>Staff, 1985 Commander in Chief, United States
>Pacific Command
>Oklahoma
>
>The Honorable Jeffrey S. Davidow
>Ambassador to Mexico, 1998
>Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
>Affairs, 1996 Ambassador to Venezuela, 1993
>Ambassador to Zambia, 1988
>Virginia
>
>The Honorable William A. DePree
>Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1987
>Director of State Department Management
>Operations, 1983 Ambassador to Mozambique, 1976
>Michigan
>
>The Honorable Donald B. Easum
>Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975
>Assistant Secretary of State for African
>Affairs, 1974 Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1971
>Virginia
>
>The Honorable Charles W. Freeman, Jr.
>Assistant Secretary of Defense, International
>Security Affairs, 1993 Ambassador to the Kingdom
>of Saudi Arabia, 1989
>Rhode Island
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_freeman.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable William C. Harrop
>Ambassador to Israel, 1991
>Ambassador to Zaire, 1987
>Inspector General of the State Department and
>Foreign Service, 1983 Ambassador to Kenya and
>Seychelles, 1980 Ambassador to Guinea, 1975
>New Jersey
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_harrop.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable Arthur A. Hartman
>Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1981
>Ambassador to France, 1977
>Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, 1973
>New Jersey
>
>General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC, Ret.
>Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, 1991
>Deputy Chief of Staff, Marine Corps, 1990
>Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, 1987
>Massachusetts
>
>The Honorable H. Allen Holmes
>Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
>Operations, 1993 Ambassador at Large for
>Burdensharing, 1989 Assistant Secretary of State
>for Politico-Military Affairs, 1986 Ambassador
>to Portugal, 1982
>Kansas
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_holmes.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable Robert V. Keeley
>Ambassador to Greece, 1985
>Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1980
>Ambassador to Mauritius, 1976
>Florida
>
>The Honorable Samuel W. Lewis
>Director of State Department Policy and
>Planning, 1993 Ambassador to Israel, 1977
>Assistant Secretary of State for International
>Organization Affairs, 1975
>Texas
>
>The Honorable Princeton N. Lyman
>Assistant Secretary of State for International
>Organization Affairs, 1997 Ambassador to South
>Africa, 1992 Director, Bureau of Refugee
>Programs, 1989 Ambassador to Nigeria, 1986
>Maryland
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_lyman.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
>Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987
>Director for European and Soviet Affairs,
>National Security Council, 1983 Ambassador to
>Czechoslovakia, 1981
>Florida
>
>The Honorable Donald F. McHenry
>Ambassador and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1979
>Illinois
>
>General Merrill A. (Tony) McPeak, USAF, Ret.
>Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 1990
>Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces, 1988
>Commander, 12th Air Force and U.S. Southern Command Air Forces, 1987
>Oregon
>
>The Honorable George E. Moose
>Representative, United Nations European Office, 1997
>Assistant Secretary of State for African
>Affairs, 1993 Ambassador to Senegal, 1988
>Director, State Department Bureau of Management
>Operations, 1987 Ambassador to Benin, 1983
>Colorado
>
>The Honorable David D. Newsom
>Secretary of State ad interim, 1981
>Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1978
>Ambassador to the Philippines, 1977
>Ambassador to Indonesia, 1973
>Assistant Secretary of State for African
>Affairs, 1969 Ambassador to Libya, 1965
>California
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_newsom.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable Phyllis E. Oakley
>Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence
>and Research, 1997 Assistant Secretary of State
>for Population, Refugees, and Migration, 1994
>Nebraska
><http://diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dmcc_ambassador_oakley.html>Read
>more >>
>
>The Honorable Robert Oakley
>Special Envoy for Somalia, 1992
>Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988
>Ambassador to Somalia.1982
>Ambassador to Zaire, 1979
>Louisiana
>
>The Honorable James D. Phillips
>Diplomat-in-Residence, the Carter Center of
>Emory University, 1994 Ambassador to the
>Republic of Congo, 1990 Ambassador to Burundi,
>1986
>Kansas
>
>The Honorable John E. Reinhardt
>Director of the United States Information
>Agency, 1977 Assistant Secretary of State for
>Public Affairs, 1975 Ambassador to Nigeria, 1971
>Maryland
>
>General William Y. Smith, USAF, Ret.
>Chief of Staff for Supreme Headquarters Allied
>Powers Europe, 1979 Assistant to the Chairman,
>Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1975
>Director of National Security Affairs, Office of
>the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
>International Security Affairs, 1974
>Arkansas
>
>The Honorable Ronald I. Spiers
>Under Secretary General of the United Nations
>for Political Affairs, 1989 Under Secretary of
>State for Management, 1983 Ambassador to
>Pakistan, 1981 Director, State Department Bureau
>of Intelligence and Research, 1980 Ambassador to
>Turkey, 1977 Ambassador to The Bahamas, 1973
>Director, State Department Bureau of
>Politico-Military Affairs, 1969 Vermont
>
>The Honorable Michael E. Sterner
>Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, 1974
>New York
>
>Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN, Ret.
>Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1977
>Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern
>Europe (NATO), 1975 Commander, U.S. Second
>Fleet, 1974
>Illinois
>
>The Honorable Alexander F. Watson
>Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
>Affairs, 1993 Ambassador to Brazil, 1992 Deputy
>Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
>1989 Ambassador to Peru, 1986 Maryland
>
>
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>
>© Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 1998 - 2004
--
Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
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