Brent Scowcroft, National Security advisor to George H.W. Bush, has always been an advocate of foreign policy realism as opposed to the younger Bush's impositionalism. Now, we learn, Scowcroft has not only mentored several of President-elect Obama's counselors, but has also been counseling the incoming president directly. See here.
For background, see my essay from three years ago, Foreign Policy Over Burritos and Tacos.
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