Opinion: Brent Scowcroft embodied the American belief in putting the country first
. Burns focused on the quality many in the room admired most: “Your humility in a city of egos … Your adherence to Harry Truman’s maxim: ‘It is amazing what you can accomplish [in Washington] if you do not care who gets the credit.'”Scowcroft was reluctant, as always, to reply, but he said something unforgettable on the eve of Trump’s presidency: “If you’re asked to serve, please do,” said Scowcroft. “This man needs help badly.
.” It was a compilation of a half-dozen conversations that spring between Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, which I moderated. The two former national security advisers were brilliant, distilling a series of nonpartisan recommendations for the next president that hold up to this day. Scowcroft was convinced that the world was changing, and that U.S. foreign policy needed to adapt. He thought our country would prosper if it aligned with the forces shaping the future, instead of trying to dig in its heels in reaction. He described a global yearning for dignity: “The whole world is changing at once, and this so-called information age is literally transforming the world we all know.
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