The Resume

(March 19, 1925-August 6, 2020)
Retired Air Force general
Military assistant to Richard Nixon
National Security Advisor to Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush

Why he might be annoying:

His last name is pronounced SCOH-croft, not SCOW-croft.
He was a mentor to Condoleeza Rice.
He describes himself as 'a cynic about human nature.'
He said that 'some people don't really want to be free.'
He also says, 'I believe in the fallibility of human nature....Given a chance to screw up, we will.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He believes the war in Iraq is separate from the war on terror.
He supports a realistic, pragmatic approach to foreign policy.
He angered George W. Bush.
He graduated from West Point.
He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in international relations from Columbia.
He remains a close friend of George H.W. Bush.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Generals and Admirals
• I am a Mormon
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 95)
• Linked to George W. Bush
• Profiles 16251-16500 (Ranked: 16307)
• Sacha Baron Cohen/Ali G’s Fake Interviews
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 61.36% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 56.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 124 Votes: 65.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 317 Votes: 62.46% Annoying