Twofer?

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security advisor (Nuff said?), was full of dire predictions about Reagan's foreign policy in 1981. All the more reason not to take too seriously his recent rant about Bush's foreign policy.

Quoth Brzezinski in 1981:

If present trends continue, American foreign policy is likely to be in a state of general crisis by the spring of 1982. What makes matters potentially even worse is that this could coincide with a serious economic downturn, causing the global position of the United States to be placed in jeopardy. There is urgent need for President Reagan to take serious stock of the unfolding situation, so that the needed responses, both substantive and procedural, can be generated.