"Victory over the insurgency is the only meaningful exit strategy."
Henry Kissinger on Iraq
Henry Kissinger has always been in the shadows.
Now we know that the Long War President has been receiving advice from Kissinger.
I've always associated Henry Kissinger with the Vietnam War, Chile (not the soup) and his (prolific) shuttle diplomacy to the Middle East.
All three associations had negative results.
I have often tried to imitate the deep, gravelly and mesmerizing voice of Dr. Kissinger.
I’ve never been very successful.
The voice is as unique as it is scary.
Imagine Condoleeza Rice with the voice of Henry Kissinger!
Now that’s a match made in Heaven (or Hell).
Christopher Hitchins matched the following with Dr. Henry Kissinger:
1. The deliberate mass killing of civilian populations in Indochina.
2. Deliberate collusion in mass murder, and later in assassination, in Bangladesh.
3. The personal suborning and planning of murder, of a senior constitutional officer in a democratic nation - Chile - with which the United States was not at war.
4. Personal involvement in a plan to murder the head of state in the democratic nation of Cyprus.
5. The incitement and enabling of genocide in East Timor
6. Personal involvement in a plan to kidnap and murder a journalist living in Washington, DC.
From the Preface of
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchins
Verso Press, 2001
It is no surprise that the Long War President is getting some advice from Henry Kissinger.
Henry Kissinger on Iraq
Henry Kissinger has always been in the shadows.
Now we know that the Long War President has been receiving advice from Kissinger.
I've always associated Henry Kissinger with the Vietnam War, Chile (not the soup) and his (prolific) shuttle diplomacy to the Middle East.
All three associations had negative results.
I have often tried to imitate the deep, gravelly and mesmerizing voice of Dr. Kissinger.
I’ve never been very successful.
The voice is as unique as it is scary.
Imagine Condoleeza Rice with the voice of Henry Kissinger!
Now that’s a match made in Heaven (or Hell).
Christopher Hitchins matched the following with Dr. Henry Kissinger:
1. The deliberate mass killing of civilian populations in Indochina.
2. Deliberate collusion in mass murder, and later in assassination, in Bangladesh.
3. The personal suborning and planning of murder, of a senior constitutional officer in a democratic nation - Chile - with which the United States was not at war.
4. Personal involvement in a plan to murder the head of state in the democratic nation of Cyprus.
5. The incitement and enabling of genocide in East Timor
6. Personal involvement in a plan to kidnap and murder a journalist living in Washington, DC.
From the Preface of
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchins
Verso Press, 2001
It is no surprise that the Long War President is getting some advice from Henry Kissinger.
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