Brzezinski argued against the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was outspoken in the then-unpopular opinion that the invasion would be a mistake . As recalled by David Ignatius , " Brzezinski paid a cost in the insular , self-reinforcing world of Washington foreign policy opinion , until it became clear to nearly everyone that he ( joined in this Iraq War opposition by Scowcroft ) had been right . " He later called President George W. Bush 's foreign policy " catastrophic . " Brzezinski was a leading critic of the George W. Bush Administration 's conduct of the War on Terror . In 2004 , Brzezinski wrote '' The Choice '' , which expanded upon his earlier work , '' The Grand Chessboard '' ( 1997 ) , and sharply criticized George W. Bush 's foreign policy . In 2007 , in a column in '' The Washington Post '' , Brzezinski excoriated the Bush administration , arguing that their post-9 / 11 actions had damaged the reputation of the United States " infinitely greater than any wild dreams entertained by the fanatical perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks " and destroyed any chance of uniting the world to defeat extremism and terrorism . He later stated that he had " visceral contempt " for British Prime Minister Tony Blair , who supported Bush 's actions in Iraq
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Zbigniew Brzezinski