I voted for Bush because I think that his defeat at these elections would have given a signal to terrorist around the world that we bow to them, he told RIA Novosti. Though the Democrats had attacked Bush, few good things can be said about their candidate. He looked weak and unable to make decisions, said Pipes, who sits on a respected Council on Foreign Relations made up of prominent members of the US elite. I don't think we need such a president.
Replying to a question about possible reshuffles and resignations during Bush's second presidential term, Richard Pipes said that Secretary of State Colin Powell would most probably go, while the Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld would stay. The political scientist believes that the resignation of Rumsfeld would mean that we [the US] have problems in Iraq. I don't think the president would like to show this.
On the other hand, Mr. Pipes, who had worked in an analytical department of the CIA, believes that the US intelligence is not working properly in Iraq. In his opinion, the Americans should have been infiltrated their men in the camp of our [American] opponents. If I headed the security services, I would have paid more attention to it, said Richard Pipes. (Retranslated from Russian.)
