The American Way of Abandonment Nov 6, 2009
"In this world it is often dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but to be a friend is fatal," said Henry Kissinger. The army of South Vietnam and the Saigon government, the boat people of the South China Sea and the million victims of Pol Pot's genocide can testify to that before the judgment seat of history. (Human Events Online)
* Dont concede more on Taiwan Nov 6, 2009
It started with an admirably objective statement by then national security adviser Henry Kissinger in 1972: The US acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Mohamed ElBaradei looks to US to fix nuclear system 'in tatters' Nov 5, 2009
("I have to pinch myself when I hear that Henry Kissinger is now for nuclear disarmament."). His success at giving the IAEA a profile few multilateral agencies enjoy is not all his own doing. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hillary's Moment: Clinton Faces the World Nov 5, 2009
Henry Kissinger, a National Security Adviser who belatedly became Secretary of State, was Richard Nixon's schizophrenic alter ego; George Shultz was a strong policy voice in the Reagan Administration; James Baker had clout because he was George H.W. Bush's best friend and a world-class dealmaker. Most of the others have been frustrated or forgettable. (Time.com)
Who's smarter than who? Trivial Pursuit launches an experiment to settle the age-old argument - Men vs women Nov 5, 2009
" The most hilarious happenings will qualify for a TRIVIAL PURSUIT WEDGIE AWARD, the 'Palme d'Oofus' of brilliant blunders. Will the boys win through, girls reign supreme or was Henry Kissinger right when he said, "Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. (Canada Newswire)
On Iran and North Korea, Obama's nuclear-free vision is at stake Nov 4, 2009
Such a vision was heartily endorsed in 2007 by an eminent, bipartisan group of former top US leaders: Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, William Perry, and George Shultz. And Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last month in large part because of his strong stance on nuclear nonproliferation. (Christian Science Monitor)
Report: Karzai's brother gets CIA pay Nov 1, 2009
Henry Kissinger once said that peace can be achieved only one of two ways: hegemony or balance of power. Now that is real realism. (Salon)
Lived to see a lot Nov 1, 2009
It was President Nixon who had conscience enough to resign, but the architect of the Vietnam war, Henry Kissinger, managed to survive, even though he should have been brought to trial for his war crimes. What is pathetic is that Vice President Cheney, the architect of Halliburton's war for Iraqi oil, will likewise not be prosecuted. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Nuclear arms treaties are worth the political battle Nov 1, 2009
The goal of eliminating nuclear weapons has been embraced by scores of former heads of state, defense ministers, and foreign ministers worldwide, including prominent US figures such as former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz; former defense secretary William Perry, and former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn. We urgently need new measures to cut nuclear arsenals and ban all nuclear weapons testing. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Cut Deals With Afghan Tribal Chiefs to Dump Taliban Oct 31, 2009
Hopefully, Obama has talked with John Negroponte, a Vietnamese-speaking young diplomat who pioneered the secret negotiating track as a Henry Kissinger scout. Negroponte was also the first director of national intelligence, in charge of 16 intelligence agencies and 100,000 people with a budget of $50 billion. (Newsmax)
MM Lee receives lifetime achievement award in Washington DC Oct 28, 2009
" The Minister Mentor received the lifetime achievement award witnessed by US foreign policy giants like Henry Kissinger. Mr Kissinger said: "He has become a seminal figure for all of us. As I've said, I've known him for 40 years. (Channelnewsasia.com)
A Personal Touch to President Bush Oct 28, 2009
We know about Richard Nixon asking Henry Kissinger to pray with him during Watergate and we know about his wild rants directed against his political enemies ... We learned, too, about Nixon asking Henry Kissinger to pray with him during Watergate, as well as some of his darker musings about his political enemies. (Townhall.com)
Obama Is No Nixon Oct 28, 2009
They may have called us all paranoid, but as Henry Kissinger once mordantly observed, Sometimes, even paranoids have real enemies ... Henry Kissinger, Herb Stein, Myron Magnet and others apparently didn t seem Jewish to Nixon. (The American Conservative)
This day in history Oct 26, 2009
In 1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declared that Peace is at hand in Vietnam. In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death during a dinner party along with his chief bodyguard by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu, who was later executed. (Boston Globe)
Mr. Popular wins the peace prize Oct 25, 2009
This is not a slap at Barack Obama, who never sought the prize and said straight out that he didn't feel he deserved it compared to others who have worked longer and accomplished more in the quest for peace (whatever "peace" means to a body that once gave the prize to Henry Kissinger but ignored Mohandas Gandhi). But I still wish the president had declined the honor, which made the Nobel committee look like an over-eager suitor. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nixon and Obama -- Soul Brothers? Oct 23, 2009
They may have called us all paranoid, but as Henry Kissinger once mordantly observed, "Sometimes, even paranoids have real enemies.". As for an "enemies list," the only mistake was writing it down. (Human Events Online)
Readers Write 10/23 Oct 23, 2009
The 1960s and 1970s included Mother Teresa, Henry Kissinger and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The 1980s included the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu. The 1990s included Yasser Arafat and Mikhail Gorbachev. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Jack Kemp Foundation Launched Oct 23, 2009
The only current non-President politicians who have their papers there are Patrick Moynihan and Henry Kissinger, so we re really pleased that the Library of Congress saw fit to receive the papers. The foundation also plans to collect video clips of Kemp through the digitization process for an online resource called Kemp On; featuring a variety of topics. (Human Events Online)
Islamabad dismayed by 'dithering' US Oct 23, 2009
Henry Kissinger, in his Newsweek column "Deployments and diplomacy for Afghanistan" [2], agrees in principle to a troop ramp, but empathizes with US President Barack Obama's dilemma, where he could be damned for not acceding to McChrystal's request for more troops, and damned if he accepts the US Afghanistan commander's surge request should it fail to deliver on the count of the "classic anti-insurrection strategy: to build a central government" ... by Henry Kissinger was published in Newsweek... (Asia Times Online)
An insurgency swells, but Pakistan focuses on India Oct 20, 2009
But, as Henry Kissinger discovered when he tried to prevent that war, it was the dismemberment of Pakistan that India really wanted. No doubt the Pakistani military s brutal behavior in east Bengal, and an intolerable flow of refugees into India were part of the drama. (Boston Globe)
Advocates: Astor case a win on financial abuse Oct 18, 2009
Criminal elderly abuse cases commonCriminal cases in which ailing elderly people are conned by identity theft, real estate scams or light-fingered caregivers are fairly common, although few are as extensive as the Astor case where prosecutors used thousands of pages of documents and called dozens of witnesses ranging from Henry Kissinger to household helpers. Some prosecutors focus on scenarios involving physical harm. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Sam Johnson: Patriot Honored by Medal of Honor Winners Oct 17, 2009
And when all of us [former POWs] went to a gala event at the White House, we thanked President Nixon and [Secretary of State] Henry Kissinger for bringing us home, Johnson recalled to HUMAN EVENTS reporters, noting that the White House event for their homecoming in 1973 was one of the last public appearances by Irving Berlin (who led the audience in singing God Bless America. . (Human Events Online)
Nigeria: Obama - Nobel War Prize Oct 17, 2009
Distracted by the Watergate scandal and fully exploited by Henry Kissinger, Nixon had allowed the Secretary of State to muddle up both the immediate issue of the Vietnam War, on account of which he [Kissinger] would share the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with a reluctant Le Duc Tho; and the Middle East question, on account of whose Camp David accord, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin would receive theirs five years later. But despite the Nobel Prize, which... (allAfrica.com)
Realpolitik and Idealism in Foreign... Oct 17, 2009
In his book Diplomacy, Dr. Henry Kissinger writes that raison d etat replaced the medieval concept of universal moral values as the operating principle of French policy ... Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy (Simon & Schuster, 1994). (Suite101.com)
Better candidates Oct 17, 2009
Past winners include Henry Kissinger, who never seemed to meet a war that he didnt like. Also, Yasser Arafat and Menachem Begin, whom before becoming leaders were known terrorists. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
All the comforts of home - in the dorm Oct 17, 2009
At Harvard, four suitemates in Quincy House bought a 6-foot-tall inflatable monkey and named it Henry Kissinger. It sits on their futon. (Boston Globe)
Debacle in Moscow Oct 16, 2009
Henry Kissinger once said that the main job of Anatoly Dobrynin, the perennial Soviet ambassador to Washington, was to tell the Kremlin leadership that whenever they received a proposal from the United States that appeared disadvantageous to the United States, not to assume it was a trick. No need for a Dobrynin today. (Human Events Online)
* US documents point to secret nuclear pact Oct 16, 2009
However, a 1969 memo by Henry Kissinger, then the national security adviser, detailed Nixons negotiating strategy X saying he would press until the last minute to keep US nuclear weapons in Okinawa and was ready to drop the demand in exchange for the transit rights. Nixon negotiated the handover with Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato, who later won the Nobel Peace Prize largely for his so-called three principles X that Japan will not possess, produce or allow nuclear weapons on its... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Affirmative Action Nobel Oct 16, 2009
Yet that did not deter the Nobel committee from giving the 1973 prize to Henry Kissinger and Hanoi 's Le Duc Tho. Early in the week his award was announced, Obama snubbed the Dalai Lama, the 1989 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who has spent 50 years as a courageous voice for the rights of his Tibetan people, who have endured half a century of Chinese communist repression and cultural genocide. (Human Events Online)
Omaha greets an unusual visitor from China Oct 15, 2009
Yao quickly registered on the US diplomatic radar screen years ago after a conversation with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger which was widely reported in the press. "Kissinger is a highly respected figure in China. His praise for her response to his question elevated her profile," said Kulacki. (Asia Times Online)
Nobel Jury Speaks Out In Defense Of Obama Prize Oct 15, 2009
Controversial awards include the 1994 prize shared by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli leaders Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin for Mideast peace efforts, as well as the joint prize to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho for a 1973 cease-fire agreement. The Vietnam War continued for two more years. (KCRA 3, CA)
The price of winning Oct 15, 2009
In a recorded conversation that was declassified in 2002, Nixon told Henry Kissinger "the only place you and I disagree ... is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians and I don't give a damn.". By conservative estimates, 50,000 to 100,000 civilians died during that 1972 bombing campaign. (Juneau Empire)
Comment: Come Together Oct 15, 2009
This is precisely what a number of analysts including Henry Kissinger have suggested. It is time they were heeded. (India Times, India)
The Colbert Report Gets Indie Cred Oct 15, 2009
In addition to lead guitarist Chris Funk representing the Decemberists, it featured Peter Frampton playing for an injured Colbert, Cheap Trick s Rick Nielsen and a five-necked guitar he donated to the host for the occasion, and even Henry Kissinger acting as the official telling guests when to begin playing. The event was one of the first times live performances were featured on the Report, and its success proved it wouldn t be the last. (Suite101.com)
From the archive: Our man for the Nobel Oct 14, 2009
The Vietnam peace agreement, for which Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were honoured in 1973, was followed by a massacre (proportionally worse than Hitler's) in Kampuchea, and by the transfer of the rest of Indochina into a communist desert. The committee was right five years later to dignify Anwar Sadat, who risked, and later lost, his life to try to make peace with Israel even though he prepared for this by locking his political opponents up. (The Economist)
Nobel jury defends Obama decision... Oct 14, 2009
The award has occasionally honored more controversial figures, like the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat or former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Sometimes it raises the profile of peace workers or activists, such as Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala in 1992 or Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai in 2004. (The Drudge Report)
Obama's peace prize not worth such a fight Oct 14, 2009
But worse things have happened -- perhaps Henry Kissinger winning the prize while fresh from bombing Cambodia. -- and something good needs to be said about encouraging those who encourage peace. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
North Korea begins 'Plan C' Oct 14, 2009
" The second irony is that Obama seems to have a similar fate to former president Lyndon B Johnson, who had to ask the lower-ranking Major General Gilbert H Woodward to - on behalf of the Johnson administration - sign a US government apology for the USS Pueblo incident to win the release of its 82 crew from 11 months of captivity in North Korea. The USS Pueblo crew members were caught red-handed while on a military mission, whereas the two journalists were detained after illegally entering North... (Asia Times Online)
Arab world befuddled by Obama's Nobel Oct 14, 2009
Three secretaries of state, Fred B Kellogg, Cordell Hull and Henry Kissinger, received the award in 1929, 1945 and 1973, respectively. But Roosevelt did not get the Nobel until five years into his presidency, after a long and colorful career as vice president, governor of New York and assistant cabinet secretary during the administration of president William McKinley. (Asia Times Online)
Absurd debate over Nobel Oct 13, 2009
Does anyone remember the controversy over Henry Kissinger or Yasser Arafat or F.W. de Klerk. The problem for the addlebrained Obama-rejectionists is that the president, as far as they are concerned, couldn t possibly do anything right, and thus is unworthy of any conceivable recognition. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
No peace, no prize Oct 13, 2009
Neither did Yasser Arafat, Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho or Al Gore. The question should be: why, despite man's best efforts, including the League of Nations and United Nations, have we been unsuccessful in eradicating war. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Zimbabwe: ICC and Nobel Peace Prize Oct 13, 2009
Well, Barack Obama is now a laureate and he joins that club that has been permanently tainted by one of their numbers, the 1973 winner and fellow countryman of Obama, the infamous Henry Kissinger. Kissinger won the award despite scheming and overseeing the 1969-75 mass bombings of Cambodia, and also masterminding Operation Condor of the mid 70s -- an operation of rape, kidnapping and murder coordinated by the CIA among the intelligence and security services of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay... (allAfrica.com)
Letters to the Editor Oct 12, 2009
Re "UCD center misused funds, audits say" (Page A1, Oct. 8): Henry Kissinger is quoted, "University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small." Never has this been more true than the recent whistleblower revelations at the University of California, Davis. What amounts to a spat between two sup 00002D81 posedly educated, professional women has now spilled out into the public arena and into the courts. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Barack Obama is a war criminal Oct 12, 2009
As Tom Lehrer said when another war criminal, Henry Kissinger the man who bombed the hell out of Vietnam and Cambodia and killed millions won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize: "It was at that moment that satire died. There was nothing more to say after that.". Apparently satire isn't dead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
› The not-so-noble Nobel Oct 12, 2009
When Vietnamese politician Lee Duc Tho was jointly awarded the prize with Henry Kissinger for the Vietnam peace accord, he said that he could not accept it because of the state his country was in at the time. If Barack Obama had turned down the prize until such a time when he actually deserved it, he would have proved that the Noble committee was, perhaps, right after all. (iAfrica.com)
Nobel peace prize: a call to action Oct 12, 2009
The day that Henry Kissinger picked it up, satire was said to have died. When the was yesterday something different expired the idea that the accolade is for achievement, as opposed to potential. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Kissinger: Obama Should Send Troops, Then Neutralize Afghanistan Oct 12, 2009
Henry Kissinger warned Thursday night that it is crucial President Obama sends all troops in Afghanistan that are necessary to secure as much of the country as possible from the terrorist Taliban. If Obama doesn t follow the recommendations of the ambassador and the general appointed by the Administration, and the commander of U.S. Central Command, added the former secretary of state, Obama cannot face the domestic consequences -- it would be a big mistake. (Human Events Online)
Boycott of the Nobels for Peace Oct 12, 2009
During my lifetime the awards to Linus Pauling and Martin Luther King, Jr., irritated me, but naming the blood-soaked Communist General Le Duc Tho as co-winner with Henry Kissinger in 1973 for the Paris Peace Accords made me gag. The General at least had the integrity to refuse his. (Human Events Online)
Tough to be a Republican Oct 11, 2009
Henry Kissinger won it too Rumsfeld is still waiting for the flowers, but it seems Duncan Hunter forgot. Aaron. (The Palm Beach Post)
Winning peace prize could stymie Obama Oct 11, 2009
1973, Henry Kissinger - secretary of state. 1986, Elie Wiesel - Holocaust survivor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Astor trial puts focus on jury-room strife Oct 11, 2009
Five-month sagaAs for the jurors, several downplay the friction as they look back on the five-month courtroom drama, in which such star witnesses as Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters helped provide an often sad and intimate look at a society legend. If emotions sometimes ran high, the group generally was congenial, methodical and committed, they said. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Nobel Notables Oct 10, 2009
Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho rejected the 1973 peace prize shared with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, saying there was still no peace in his country. Hitler Hits the Roof Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was so enraged by the 1936 prize going to German pacifist and dissident Carl von Ossietzky that he barred Germans from accepting future Nobels. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Shocked and Appalled Oct 10, 2009
In fact he joins an elite group of American mass murderers that includes Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Henry Kissinger. However, in each of these cases there was some kind of concrete accomplishment, transitory or foolish though they may have been, that justified the award. (The American Conservative)
Peace Nobel has a history of controversies Oct 10, 2009
Henry Kissinger (1973): US national security adviser and secretary of state Kissinger was awarded the prize with North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho for a 1973 agreement to bring ceasefire and withdrawal of US forces. Two of the prize committee members quit, Tho declined the Nobel and Kissinger did not come to Oslo to receive it. (India Times, India)
Job just begun, Obama wins Nobel Oct 10, 2009
In 1973, two committee members resigned in protest when Henry Kissinger - President Nixon s secretary of state who played a role in the secret US bombing of Cambodia and helped escalate the war in Vietnam - received the peace prize for his work on ending the war. The co-winner that year, North Vietnamese negotiator and revolutionary Le Duc Tho, refused to accept the award. (Boston Globe)
Gasps as Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
Theodore Roseevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter & Al Gore. I'm sure some of the notable peace prize winners that are still alive are probably scratching their heads and wondering why it took them years to earn this prestigious prize. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
Protesters threw snowballs at the US ambassador in Oslo when he arrived to collect the 1973 prize on behalf of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for brokering an unsuccessful deal to end the Vietnam war. North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho turned down the joint award, the most controversial in the prize's history. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
The Wizard of Oslo Oct 10, 2009
At least he hasn't actively been engaged in making warfare, as were previous recipients Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat. Then again, Obama is considering whether to send more troops into Afghanistan, one of America's two wars. (Slate)
The Audacity of $1.4 Million Oct 10, 2009
Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Peace Prize along with Henry Kissinger, said he was not in a position to accept the prize, since there was as of yet no lasting peace in Vietnam. In 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize in literature. (Slate)
In pictures: Nobel prize rows Oct 10, 2009
Perhaps the most controversial laureate of all was former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who won the prize with Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam for helping negotiate an end to America's role in the Vietnam War. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Americas)
Son of NYC socialite Astor could get 25 years Oct 9, 2009
The case put Astor's famous friends, including Barbara Walters and Henry Kissinger, on the witness stand and her dark final years on display. Jurors heard how a benefactor renowned for her elegance and wit became a disoriented invalid fearful of her own shadow. (Albany Times Union)
Symbol of sacrifice Oct 9, 2009
Do you suppose we could get Henry Kissinger to be the Grand Marshal. Wow, if the recent opinions about the Civil War re-enactments are indicative of most Fresno residents, we must still be the Valley comedy that weve always been. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
NY socialite heir guilty of theft Oct 9, 2009
The jury heard from high-profile witnesses including Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters and Annette de la Renta, among others. Brooke Astor, who died at the age of 105, played a prominent role in New York's social life and gave millions to institutions such as the New York Public Library and the Carnegie Hall. (BBC News -- Americas)
Brooke Astor's son guilty of bilking her estate Oct 9, 2009
The prosecution called nearly 70 witnesses -- Henry Kissinger, Graydon Carter, Barbara Walters, Vartan Gregorian and Annette de la Renta among them. Prosecutor Seidemann called the case "disturbing," and said the trial told the story of "how a son, an only son, would stoop so low to steal from his own mother in the sunset years of her life in order to line his own pockets and the pockets of his wife.". (CNN)
Millionaire's son guilty in NY high society trial Oct 9, 2009
The jury returned the verdict on the 12th day of deliberations after a five-month trial featuring testimony from a Who's Who of US high society, including Henry Kissinger, television presenter Barbara Walters and socialite Annette de la Renta, wife of fashion legend Oscar de la Renta. Marshall, a former US ambassador and decorated Marine Corps veteran of the World War II battle at Iwo Jima, remains free on bail until sentencing December 8. (Yahoo! Asia News)
