Pulling US troops would lead to 'disaster' -- Kissinger

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned that a hasty pullout of American troops from Iraq would lead to political and military "disaster", and called on the US administration to stay the course there.

"I think to look at withdrawal from Iraq ... could lead to disaster," said Kissinger, who served as the top US diplomat in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

"We have to keep in mind what our objective should be, and if we leave Iraq under conditions at the end of which there will be a radical government in Baghdad, or part of the country becomes a haven for terrorism, it will have turned into a disaster that will affect the whole world," Kissinger said in an interview with CNN television.

He added that the global nature of terrorism makes it particularly difficult to chart a US exit strategy from Iraq.

"The terrorism is not confined to Iraq. It has gone from Bali in Indonesia to central Europe across many countries -- Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, in some respects India," the former diplomat said.

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Well, if Kissinger says so, then I'm convinced.

[FSogol]

1. Listening to Kissinger has ALWAYS led to disaster. n/t

[goforit]

8. Yes...From Vietnam and beyond.

[cantstandbush]

42. WTF does he mean? There is already a "radical government" in Iraq! n/t

[babylonsister]

2. Come on, Henry. Like it's not already a disaster? nt

[merwin]

19. My thoughts exactly

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. Me, too

That this murderous egomaniac was never prosecuted for war crimes will always be a massive disappointment to me.

If Kissinger says it, you can bet it's absolutely wrong.

But, you can bet that it's immoral.

Why isn't he dead yet?

[Greeby]

20. Simple, he's a professional

Professionals know how to hide the evidence until after they're dead, how to suicide anyone who comes close to bringing the truth to light, or a case before the Grand Jury.

Kissinger is a professional, GHW Bush is a professional, Dimson is an amateur

[OldLeftieLawyer]

24. You got that right

Gus Weiss was on his staff during the Nixon years. He was a genius who did most of Kissinger's thinking for him. When it was over, Gus got out and got involved with physics graduate students. Physics was his first love, not economics and war.

This Iraq thing had Gus upset, and, for the first time ever, he was going to speak out against it.

Two years ago this month, Gus's body was found behind his building - the Watergate, where he had a co-op. The story was that he had jumped, but the story - and his obituary - never appeared until he was already safely buried in Brooklyn.

He was my friend, and Gus didn't commit suicide. I knew him, and that was nothing he'd ever do.

http://tinyurl.com/7wl36

[annabanana]

43. I'm sorry

I'm sorry for the Country when it loses an honest man, and I'm sorry for your personal loss. We are truly living in dark times.

[MountainLaurel]

30. Reply in the wrong place -- please delete.

Oops!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. That traitor

has ZERO credibility.

[Disturbed]

9. Is Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?

Is Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=henry+kissinger+war+criminal&btnG=Google+Search

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. In a word - YES!!

Don't need to Google that. LOL

[localroger]

5. Then pull 'em out now!

Frankly, if Henry says not to drink the water it probably means the water cures cancer.

[goforit]

6. IN is a disaster,pulling OUT is a disaster......Kissinger is a disaster.

[readmylips]

7. Listening to Kissinger....puke!....

what a slimeball.

[Deja Q]

10. The US offshoring confidental and private information is WHY they attack.

Damn straight that, by offshoring, we put our country at big risk.

And if Bush says it's good for the economy, he is not putting national security first - and that is one of the reasons some people still like him.

Stop the offshoring and those countries, in those respects, will be left alone.

[pretzel4gore]

11. 'another maggot seeks carrion' ! i see henry's this week's louis freeh...

did he print a book?
waste that airtime, old timer! it's the least you can do; after that, you can go back to mumbling into yer fukking tape recorder (also all lies, i bet!)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. The f**king disaster started in 2000 you moron Kissinger and it

hasn't let up not one iota since. Moron.

[Gregorian]

14. You cannot stay the course when there is no course.

Terrorism is a tactic, dummy.

Admit it- Bush caused this disaster.

[Talismom]

15. OMG, what is this 1972? I feel like I've been hearing him say this

throughout my entire life time! Does anyone really still listen to this windbag?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Duh Henry, how can we tell the difference?

[peacetalksforall]

17. A withdrawal must maen an interruption of his money flow.

Mr. Death. Wanted for questioning in many countries - he cannot enter or transfer at airports within certain countries unless he wants to be taken in for questioning for his role in the death of many Chilean and Argentinian people while in the WH.

P.S. Had business dealings with Malosovic. And there is always more in his long, inglorious, and questionable career. He is a citizen of the trade and trafficking world - he's da deal man.

[drduffy]

18. just simply dying would be too good for

this asswipe. Ask the thousands of dead due to this turd. I suggest Cheney-esque torture first....

just simply for the hell of it... for the big K to get a little 'come around'.

[shance]

21. When translated means we need to get out now.

n/t

[bluestateguy]

22. Who cares what this fat fuck thinks?

I mean, other than the little neo-con keyboard peckers, with their fake jobs at the think tanks in Warshington, who really takes seriously what this has-been war criminal has to say?

[stillcool]

23. Karl Rove must be worried.....

about his up and coming court dates...if he thinks Kissinger will do anything for Bush.. other than dig that hole deeper. Next thing he'll have James Baker III spouting off...gives me the willy's...

[speedoo]

25. Kissinger never met a war he did not love.

Fucking idiot.

[DoYouEverWonder]

26. Isn't Kissinger the one who thought the US

could fight a nuclear war and win? Like there is any such thing has winning such a thing.

[jaysunb]

27. Is, HE , still alive ?????

thought the taxidermist had gotten hold of ol Hank....:evilgrin:

[ladjf]

28. Why would anyone care what that old criminal has to say?

[bahrbearian]

29. Go to France, Henry,,, They need to hear this too,, just go ..

[MountainLaurel]

31. Doesn't Hank have defense contract interests?

For some reason I am thinking he was a major stockholder or on the board of Blackwater, KBR or one of the other murder-for-hire places. If so, that profit motive comes into play once again.

[EFerrari]

45. My first thought. How much is this criminal making

on the misery of the Iraqi people and the blood of our children.

Classic Henry.

[tabasco]

32. Well, that changes my mind then.

Now that a total tool of the war-profiteering corporations has spoken out, I guess I'm convinced that the war is just dandy.

Kissinger has been so right about Vietnam and all that other stuff, you just have to respect his opinion. He's almost as honest as Rumsfeld when it comes to giving the American people good advice. I bet he's the one that told Rumsfeld where those WMDs were.

I really hope Kissinger can be rewarded someday for his service to the People.

[kineneb]

33. ahh, Madame Guillotine!

Surely, the esteemed Dr. K should pay her a visit, along with a goodly number of his friends.

If Henry the K says it is wrong, then it must be right! Nasty creep.

[nolabels]

34. Henry, you and your kind had thier chance and blew it

Henry has placed a model of REAL-POLI-TEAK on the world stage that many have been trying to imitate ever since.

Henry should be proud he was able to show how scummy one can be working for government and still get away with it :woohoo:

[currents]

35. Yeah, because we totally F'ed up their country!

When won't it be a disaster?

[FVZA_Colonel]

36. Who was it who said that satire (or irony) died when Henry Kissinger was

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

[Clara T]

40. Tom Lehrer

"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." - Tom Lehrer

[FVZA_Colonel]

41. Thanks, I was wondering. eom.

[lovuian]

37. Like I respect anything this murderer says!!!

Henry who???

[ingac70]

38. We can have a disaster now or a disaster later.....

might as well get it over with now.

[GRLMGC]

39. This is valuable

If he says something, do the opposite!

[Miss Chybil]

44. Moonbase to Kissinger...

Iraq IS a disaster. Over.

[leesa]

46. Hillary Clinton = Henry Kissinger Think about that for awhile

They both want us to continue this war. They both wanted us IN this war. Why?