Hey, is this a tribute or a roast? Brent Scowcroft was toasted Tuesday night at an Atlantic Council dinner at the Mandarin Oriental, but the topic that kept coming up was the two-time national security advisor's habit of falling asleep in meetings. C'mon, now, who among us hasn't done that?
In a video tribute, Bush 41 said he couldn’t make it to the party — because of “old-age issues” — but extended his best wishes to Scowcroft as his wife leaned in and whispered into his ear. “Barbara just brought up a good point,” Bush added. “Are you still awake?”
The think-tank dinner at the Mandarin Oriental drew a number of veteran high-security-clearance bigwigs: Robert Gates, Henry Kissinger, Sandy Berger, Tom Donilon, Gen. James Jones and other military brass. Most provocative point of the evening: When Zbigniew Brzezinski bemoaned that Scowcroft had to leave the job after Bush lost in 1992, arguing that with his influence, "we would have seen peace in the Middle East."
