Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change ... Now for Obama?

[Khaotic]

Does anyone else remember the "Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change" group who signed a statement in 2004 calling for the defeat of President Bush in the '04 election???

I wonder if the individuals who signed that statement will back and/or endorse Obama against McSame? I wonder if the list would be longer, and if the Obama campaign could capitalize on it more than Kerry did in '04??

Thoughts?

Below is an article I found on the Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change.

Here's their wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomats_and_Military_Commanders_for_Change

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June 13, 2004

Retired Officials Say Bush Must Go

The 26 ex-diplomats and military leaders say his foreign policy has harmed national security. Several served under Republicans.
By Ronald Brownstein, Times Staff Writer
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6317.htm

June 13, 2004 -- "Los Angeles Times" -- WASHINGTON — A group of 26 former senior diplomats and military officials, several appointed to key positions by Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, plans to issue a joint statement this week arguing that President George W. Bush has damaged America's national security and should be defeated in November.

The group, which calls itself Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, will explicitly condemn Bush's foreign policy, according to several of those who signed the document.

"It is clear that the statement calls for the defeat of the administration," said William C. Harrop, the ambassador to Israel under President Bush's father and one of the group's principal organizers.

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The signatories

Although not explicitly endorsing Sen. John F. Kerry for president, 26 former diplomats and military officials, including many who served in Republican administrations, have signed a statement calling for the defeat of President Bush in November. Their names and some of the posts they have held are:

Avis T. Bohlen, former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Ambassador to Bulgaria
William J. Crowe, Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Bill Clinton and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Ronald Reagan
Jeffrey Davidow, former Ambassador to Zambia, Venezuela, and Mexico.
William DePree, former Ambassador to Bangladesh and Mozambique
Donald B. Easum, former Ambassador to Nigeria and Upper Volta
Charles W. Freeman, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
William Harrop, the first President Bush's Ambassador to Israel
Arthur A. Hartman, Ambassador to France under President Carter and to the USSR under President Reagan
Joseph Hoar, former Commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East
H. Allen Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and former Ambassador to Portugal
Robert V. Keeley, former Ambassador to Greece, Zimbabwe, and Mauritius
Samuel Lewis, former Ambassador to Israel
Princeton N. Lyman, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, and Ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria
Donald McHenry, former Ambassador to the United Nations
Merrill McPeak, former Air Force Chief of Staff
Jack F. Matlock, Jr., a member of the National Security Council under Reagan and Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991
George Moose, former Ambassador to Senegal and Benin
David D. Newsom, former Ambassador to the Philippines and Indonesia
Phyllis Oakley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
Robert B. Oakley, former Ambassador to Pakistan, Somalia and Zaire
James D. Phillips, former Ambassador to Congo and Burundi
John Reinhardt, former Director of the United States Information Agency and Ambassador to Nigeria
William Y. Smith, former Chief of Staff for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs and former Ambassador to the Bahamas, Turkey, and Pakistan
Michael Sterner, former Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Stansfield Turner, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Alexander Watson, former Ambassador to Brazil and Peru

[Khaotic]

1. Thoughts?

[Cha]

2. Thanks for this..something that sounds

like it's just waiting to happen.

Rec'd.

[Khaotic]

3. Thx!

[Khaotic]

4. Wish more people would ...

share their thoughts and possible input on this.

I think Obama would capitalize a lot more on strong military support like this than what Kerry did.

[Cha]

5. Save this and down the line when

this will come out you can reference.