Fmr. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appeared on FOX News earlier this afternoon to discuss his op/ed in the Washington Post calling for diplomacy in Iran:
A modern, strong, peaceful Iran could become a pillar of stability and progress in the region. This cannot happen unless Iran’s leaders decide whether they are representing a cause or a nation—whether their basic motivation is crusading or international cooperation. The goal of the diplomacy of the Six should be to oblige Iran to confront this choice.Diplomacy never operates in a vacuum. It persuades not by the eloquence of its practitioners but by assembling a balance of incentives and risks. Clausewitz’s famous dictum that war is a continuation of diplomacy by other means defines both the challenge and the limits of diplomacy. War can impose submission; diplomacy needs to evoke consensus. Military success enables the victor in war to prescribe, at least for an interim period. Diplomatic success occurs when the principal parties are substantially satisfied; it creates—or should strive to create—common purposes, at least regarding the subject matter of the negotiation; otherwise no agreement lasts very long.
Even if you disagree with Kissinger, it’s still great to hear from him.
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2:18 pm [ Quote ]
Iran is not China and this is not 1972. It looks like he is trying to relive his glory days.
2:19 pm [ Quote ]
Heh, I bet if a Democrat have said those exact same words you would be calling them an appeaser!
Anyway, here is another great statement by Kissinger, I’m sure this is still “great to hear from him”.
“Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will pledge with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government.”
– Henry Kissinger in an address to the Bilderberger meeting at Evian, France, May 21, 1992, in an address to the Bilderberger organization meeting at Evian, France, on May 21, 1991. As transcribed from a tape recording made by one of the Swiss delegates.
2:26 pm [ Quote ]
I meant that it was ‘great to hear from him’, because he used to have a great mind. Diplomacy doesn’t work with these people.
2:30 pm [ Quote ]
I meant that it was ‘great to hear from him’, because he used to have a great mind. Diplomacy doesn’t work with these people.
Despite the fact that I think Kissinger is a big time motherf***er, I still think he always had and still has a brilliant mind. He is one of those guys that trully operates behind the scenes of what you see on TV or in the media. In fact, I’m kind of surprised he is all of a sudden on Fox news. Everyone gets past their prime, I suppose.
2:35 pm [ Quote ]
Henry Kissinger: War Criminal.
3:07 pm [ Quote ]
Kissenger is a paleocon and I always thought him to be incredibly overrated as a statesman.
I had a rather smug German friend who was very proud that Kissenger came from his hometown in Germany. My sharp retort was, I wonder why he left?
3:16 pm [ Quote ]
Come on gem, everyone to the right of Kucinich is a war criminal to you.
3:17 pm [ Quote ]
Maybe someone should ask Zignebv Brusznetzski.
3:22 pm [ Quote ]
Come on gem, everyone to the right of Kucinich is a war criminal to you.
lol.
actually, Mr. Kissinger can’t visit several countries in fear of being subpoened by the criminial court in the Hague, as former Chile dictator Pinochet was.
3:50 pm [ Quote ]
“Fmr. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appeared on FOX News earlier this afternoon to discuss his op/ed in the Washington Post calling for diplomacy in Iran:”
I didn’t think swearing was aloud on U.S TV…Diplomacy! What the hell is the man thinking of…WAR WAR WAR is all Fox want to hear from their guests.
4:38 pm [ Quote ]
Bush says he’s against cloning. Well then Mr. Bush, how do you explain Henry Kissinger and Ben Stein?
5:30 pm [ Quote ]
Except that Kissinger is not in a wheelchair, I would swear he was the model for Stanley Kubrick’s “Doctor Strangelove.”
6:01 pm [ Quote ]
Bush says he’s against cloning. Well then Mr. Bush, how do you explain Henry Kissinger and Ben Stein?
I bet all those Jews look the same to you.
8:36 pm [ Quote ]
Kissenger is a paleocon and I always thought him to be incredibly overrated as a statesman.
I had a rather smug German friend who was very proud that Kissenger came from his hometown in Germany. My sharp retort was, I wonder why he left?
Your retort is as sharp as a ping-pong ball. You’ve heard of the holocaust?
8:38 pm [ Quote ]
Umm Ian… all respect dude, but this video is kinda hard to watch. Here I see about a quarter of the screen. Maybe it is a glich on my side I suppose.
2:02 am [ Quote ]
Wow, I guess McGubbin really is that fuckin’ slow.
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3:39 am [ Quote ]
“Fmr. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appeared on FOX News earlier this afternoon to discuss his op/ed in the Washington Post calling for diplomacy in Iran:”
I didn’t think swearing was aloud on U.S TV…Diplomacy! What the hell is the man thinking of…WAR WAR WAR is all Fox want to hear from their guests.
He won’t get invited back. And no doubt he’ll go into BillO’s list of far left bomb throwers. You know, along with the BBC, NBC, CBS, the Red Cross, Amnesty International…
4:49 am [ Quote ]
Kissinger says: “We have a situation where five members of the Security Council (UN), all permanent members…, plus Germany, have agreed that Iran should stop it’s nuclear weapons program and they (UN) have offered significant incentives in the peaceful field of nuclear energy for Iran to be able to continue this.”
Is the UN completely insane? Does Kissinger have a clue about what he saying? Is Bolton really going along with this? Is the U.S. planning on sending Carter to Iran as well? Hasn’t Iran already said they don’t give a damn about what anybody says and they are going to pursue nuclear weapons so they can kill the infadels? And Kissinger and the UN want to negotiate with Iran and provide them “peaceful” nuclear information?
Where is the news coverage of this and the backlash in the MSM? Are they too busy preparing stories about how Carter will be the first person to win two Nobel Peace prizes?
9:06 pm [ Quote ]
Aww, shucks, who’da figured Ian the Chickenhawk would cave so fast and transform himself into Ian the Appeaser?
Maybe Ian’s titanic fantasies about conquest in Iraq have muted his imperialist arrogance about invading a much tougher foe in Iran, hmm?
Diplomacy. Good grief. Negotiating with terrorists that want to destroy everything we stand for. You’re a real stand up hero Ian. Sitting down and ceding ground to your enemy. Scared of the draft, tough guy?