Ok. I met General Scowcroft. I was at ease because it was the empty auditorum and there was a few people standing in line (almost everyone else was eating desert). It was after his lecture, and it was sometime after the lecture was finished.
I walked up to him and shook his hand:
"Brent Scowcroft! sincerily glad to see him Mr. Scowcroft. pause I’m ______. pause We’ve met before. *Your face looks familiar. *Well, we met… personal things that give me the gall to speak to the man, incidently the guy in front of me who was about to listen to me after I said “I’m in no hurry, that’s what I’m actually going to touch on” decided not to stick around, I guess he thought we would discuss National Security :eek:
After pleasantries, cutting to the chase
Mr. Scowcroft, 50 years from now when I’m an old man like you he smiles, China and India will be at the same level, economically, with the United States. Will there will be cooperation or competition? Well, China and India have different economic efficiences. he mentions US auto industry Think of this: oranges aren’t all grown in one place. Yes! Mr. Scowcroft, that where I am going…China and India will have had found the industry in which to develop their economies. I’m thinking autos and IT…meanwhile he enlarges the scope from the economy China and India to the world economy
Shifting the conversation to the key question I have:
But considering all that will there be no wars in the 21st century in the traditional sense? No, there will always be war.
Putting it all into perspective
mentioning military conflict vs. economic cooperation What should I think about until I see you at…? * There is no reason why there will not be cooperation between the economies of the nations of the world.*
Ok. Wow. It was a good discussion; far better than I would have imagined. But there are a few fallacies that Brent Scowcroft commited and possibly a few I have commited, and a few of these moments after I left… :smack:
So Dopers - what fallacies were commited, what do you think of this conversation and where it is going, and what follow up question to ask him. Scowcroft will be in Washington DC to meet with G.H. Bush, according to the moderator who mentioned the former National Security Advisor’s busy schedule (he was in Seattle yesterday and will be in DC tomorrow)
What would be excellent follow-up questions? What question do you think former President G.H. Bush might ask if Scowcroft just so happens to relay this conversation to him?