Republican Candidates Pick Foreign Policy Advisers

The Republican candidates have recently chosen who would advise them on issues of foreign policy, and some of their choices reinforce my opinion that they are corrupt. I'll highlight the details that should raise some serious red flags.

Herman Cain

• J.D. Gordon:

Jeffrey D. Gordon is a communications consultant to several conservative Washington, DC-based think tanks. [color=limegreen]Gordon is also a contributing columnist to Fox News, AOL News, the Washington Times and other media outlets. Previously, he was a Commander in the United States Navy.

• Roger Pardo-Maurer
• Mark Pfeifle:

Mark Pfeifle [color=limegreen]was a top national security advisor and communicator for President George W. Bush. Mr. Pfeifle recently served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Global Outreach at the White House.

John Huntsman

• Richard Armitage:

Richard Lee Armitage, GCMG AC CNZM was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.

• C. Boyden Gray:

Clayland Boyden Gray is a former American diplomat and public servant. He is a member of the board of directors at the Atlantic Council and at The European Institute.

Newt Gingrich

• Norman A. Bailey:

Norman A. Bailey is President of the Institute for Global Economic Growth, an international economic consultant, a professor of economic statecraft, and a former US government official.

The investigation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), which according to Bailey was involved in drug-running and arms-running transactions, as well as terrorism. There were allegations of a link between BCCI and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA,) and Bailey was quoted in Newsweek saying that the CIA was not interested in "blowing the BCCI cover."

• Ilan Berman:

Ilan I. Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, a non-profit U.S. foreign policy think tank in Washington, DC. He focuses on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation.

• Robert "Bud" C. McFarlane:

Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane [color=limegreen]was a National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, serving from 1983 through 1985.

After a career in the Marines, he became part of the Reagan administration, and was a leading architect of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for defending the United States against missile attack. [color=limegreen]Subsequently, he was involved in the Iran-Contra affair.

• Kenneth deGraffenreid:

Kenneth E. deGraffenreid is a Professor of Intelligence Studies at The Institute of World Politics. Numerous published sources indicate that deGraffenreid has been involved in the highest echelons of the US Intelligence Community: a 2004 article in The New Yorker mentioned that he was responsible for all Department of Defense "Special Access Programs" (SAPs). He is recognized as a leading authority in intelligence,[color=limegreen] foreign propaganda, information warfare, and counterintelligence.

• Herman Pirchner, Jr:

In 1982, Herman Pirchner, Jr. became the founding President of the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), a non-profit public policy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, AFPC has hosted the Washington visits of hundreds of foreign officials, ranging from the Prime Minister of Malta to the Prime Minister of Russia; conducted hundreds of briefings for members of Congress and their staffs, and; organized dozens of fact-finding missions abroad for current and former senior American officials.

• Stephen Yates:

Stephen Yates joined the American Foreign Policy Council after serving in the White House as [color=limegreen]Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs from April 2001 to September 2005. (Bush Jr. Administration)

• R. James Woolsey:

Robert James Woolsey Jr. is a foreign policy specialist and [color=limegreen]former Director of Central Intelligence and head of the Central Intelligence Agency (Clinton Administration)

• David Wurmser:

David Wurmser is a Swiss-born American foreign policy specialist. [color=limegreen]He served as Middle East Adviser to former US Vice President Dick Cheney, as special assistant to John R. Bolton at the State Department and as a research fellow on the Middle East at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Mitt Romney

• Michael Chertoff:

Michael Chertoff [color=limegreen]was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act.

• Norm Coleman:

Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He was a United States senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses.

• Michael Hayden:

Michael Vincent Hayden, is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and [color=limegreen]former Director of the National Security Agency and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (Bush Jr. Administration)

• Robert Kagan:

Robert Kagan is an American historian and foreign policy commentator. Kagan [color=limegreen]graduated from Yale University in 1980 where he was tapped by Skull and Bones, studied history, and founded the Yale Political Monthly.

• Jim Talent:

James Matthes "Jim" Talent is an American politician and former senator from Missouri. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican party, being particularly outspoken on judicial appointments, abortion, flag burning, and defense issues.

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• Walid Phares:

Walid Phares is an American scholar of Lebanese origins, he is a professor and commentator on global terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs.

Phares has testified before committees of the U.S. State, Justice, Defense and Homeland Security Departments, the United States Congress, the European Parliament, the United Nations Security Council. [color=limegreen]He has been a Terrorism expert at NBC from 2003 to 2006 and is a contributor at Fox News since 2007.

Ron Paul

• Bruce Fein:

Bruce Fein is a lawyer in the United States who specializes in constitutional and international law. Fein has written numerous articles on constitutional issues for The Washington Times, Slate.com, The New York Times, Legal Times, and is active on the issues of civil liberties.

Rick Perry

• John Bolton:

John Robert Bolton is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican presidential administrations.

Bolton is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), [color=limegreen]frequent op-ed contributer to the Wall Street Journal and the National Review, Fox News Channel commentator, and of counsel to the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, in their Washington D.C. office.

• Liz Cheney:

Elizabeth Cheney Perry, commonly called Liz, is an American attorney. [color=limegreen]During the George W. Bush administration years, she held positions in the State Department of the United States.

[color=limegreen]She is the elder daughter of former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney.

• Victoria Coates

Rick Santorum

• Mark Rogers
• Randy Schriver:

Immediately prior to his return to the private sector, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs responsible for the PRC, Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Prior to joining the Asia Bureau, he served for two years as Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He joined the Department of State in March 2001 upon the swearing in of Deputy Secretary Armitage.

My final assessment:
First of all, let me give a little background information. I think that our presidents going all the way back to Reagan have been corrupt (Although I'm sure it goes back way farther than that, but I won't get into it). Since his Administration, financial deregulation has steadily increased while bankers engaged in their shady business practices. Not just that, but big bankers have been appointed to positions of power since then, from which they can write legislation that goes to benefit their financial institutions, as the image from this thread illustrates.

Things that are almost a guaranteed sign of corruption to me are the following: strong ties to the controlled mainstream media, to any of the secretive intelligence agencies, or to any of the corrupt presidential Administrations.

While it may seem like a double standard that Ron Paul's adviser Bruce Fein writes articles for several mainstream media outlets, yet I didn't flag that, the topic of his contribution is what ensures me that he is not corrupt: Constitutional law.

Using that criteria, ex-Federal Reserve chairman Herman Cain has selected untrustworthy officials, as well as Council on Foreign Relations member Newt Gingrich, banker puppet Mitt Romney, and Bank of America "we'll help you out" acquaintance Rick Perry. So basically, the candidates who I believe are corrupt have stated on the record that they will appoint people who I see as corrupt to their Administration, as would be expected.

Good old Ron Paul hiring an American for Americans. Look at all the others, not quit the same picture.

Holy Turkey! Do ya think Gingrich and Romney have enough advisers picked there? On the surface of it, it appears as if they are building quite the team. Gingrich has chosen 8, far and away more than the rest... While Paul has only chosen one. Is this a good thing or bad thing? Well, I'd prefer the candidate that is confident enough to not need an entire round table to help make (corrupt) their decisions.

It stinks, TS, it stinks. Half of Cain's team is an MSM contributer, Romney has a Terrorism expert from NBC and Fox, and Perry is taking on Liz Cheney, who has held various positions in the State Department. Oh, I bet she has.

reply to post by Sek82

Holy Turkey! Do ya think Gingrich and Romney have enough advisers picked there?

Being corrupt ain't easy, I guess they need help executing their sinister plans

On the surface of it, it appears as if they are building quite the team. Gingrich has chosen 8, far and away more than the rest... While Paul has only chosen one. Is this a good thing or bad thing?

Good for Paul IMO, because all he needs is one trustworthy, likeminded individual.

Well, I'd prefer the candidate that is confident enough to not need an entire round table to help make (corrupt) their decisions.

Same.

It stinks, TS, it stinks. Half of Cain's team is an MSM contributer, Romney has a Terrorism expert from NBC and Fox, and Perry is taking on Liz Cheney, who has held various positions in the State Department. Oh, I bet she has.

Yeah the corporate media contributors are a pretty strong sign of corruption to me. Anybody who takes part in propagadizing the American people sure as hell won't help them as a presidential adviser.

Originally posted by AaronWilson
Good old Ron Paul hiring an American for Americans. Look at all the others, not quit the same picture.

Kinda of a weird statement to make considering its foreign policy.

reply to post by TsukiLunar


I don't think ethnicity really matters here. An Asian can be equally as corrupt as an American. The important thing is their career and who they are connected too. And I think he meant "American" in the sense that he's very vocal on Constitutional issues, because basically all of the people are Americans.

This batch of republicans (with the exception of Ron Paul) are the WORST group of CLOWNS EVER!!!!!!

These republicans are GRADE-A CLOWNS and corrupt beyond imagination!!!!!

The republican camp turns into more and more of a CIRCUS every passing day. Who is possibly ignorant enough to still support this circus of clowns in the republican JOKE party??!! Oh wait, I know the answer...its the corrupt, greedy wealthiest un-American SNAKES in our country who want the republicans corporate-welfare at the EXPENSE of the hard-working decent middle-class folks.

reply to post by HangTheTraitors


Yeah it's just a bunch of idiots looking stupid on stage, but people take them seriously. The puppets don't care about the people, but they get up there and preach about how American they are and bash the puppet Obama as if they sincerely care about this country.

reply to post by TupacShakur


This is pretty self explanatory, but I noticed that all of the war mongering politicians have war mongerers selected as their foreign policy advisers. That's a dangerous path to take...

reply to post by TsukiLunar


Weird like actually having an AMERICAN who understands civil liberties and wont recommend restrictive policies and legislation that actually erodes our civil liberties whilst simultaneously failing to provide us with any REAL security such as the unPatriot Act...

Weird like that?

Yeah I'm all for weird then.

Ron Paul - his adviser specializes in constitutional and international law. (I'd consider that pretty important, too).

Gingrich, Romney, and Perry - all the same scumbags that got us into this foreign policy nightmare we've been living with for the past couple decades. Who's worse among their selections - the guy who specializes in planting false flag stories, the Patriot Act guy, the Skull and Bones guy, or the Iran-Contra guy? Jeebus.

reply to post by Blackmarketeer

Gingrich, Romney, and Perry - all the same scumbags that got us into this foreign policy nightmare we've been living with for the past couple decades. Who's worse among their selections - the guy who specializes in planting false flag stories, the Patriot Act guy, the Skull and Bones guy, or the Iran-Contra guy? Jeebus.

That's the way it goes. The president might change and it might seem like things are going to be different, but it's just going to be the same policies, the same corruption, and the same clowns running the show. Unless Ron Paul is elected of course...

reply to post by TupacShakur


I am beginning to think that they want to get caught. I can't help feeling like they are so in over their heads. Almost like a person stuck filling in as a fill-in for an NHL goalie.

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Or perhaps it is the human minds propensity to seek balance. They know what they are doing is wrong, so subconsciously they want to get caught and punished for it. That or they are just continually sh&^- Testing us or something.