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Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 09:52 AM by Stephanie
Kissinger seems to be nearing the end.
How about a history lesson for the youngsters, DU? They might watch CNN and be convinced the guy was some kind of hero.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during the Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul March 3, 2005.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/03/31/kissinger.health.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Kissinger undergoes heart procedure
Former Secretary of State 'resting comfortably' after angioplasty
Thursday, March 31, 2005 Posted: 9:32 PM EST (0232 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was reported "resting comfortably" at home Thursday after an angioplasty procedure, a hospital and a spokeswoman for his office said. Neither would provide further details.
"Dr. Henry Kissinger was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center on Tuesday, March 29, and underwent an angioplasty procedure," hospital spokeswoman Myrna Manners said in a statement. "He was discharged earlier today and is resting comfortably at home."
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Kissinger, who turns 82 on May 29, served Presidents Nixon and Ford for eight years as foreign policy adviser and secretary of state.
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Okay, I'll begin the lesson.
You can thank Henry K. for the PNAC plan of global domination and American hegemony in the Middle East.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/10/ma_273_01.html
"It's the Kissinger plan" - Mother Jones - March/April 2003
The Thirty-Year Itch
Three decades ago, in the throes of the energy crisis, Washington's hawks conceived of a strategy for US control of the Persian Gulf's oil. Now, with the same strategists firmly in control of the White House, the Bush administration is playing out their script for global dominance.
By Robert Dreyfuss
March/April 2003 Issue
If you were to spin the globe and look for real estate critical to building an American empire, your first stop would have to be the Persian Gulf. The desert sands of this region hold two of every three barrels of oil in the world -- Iraq's reserves alone are equal, by some estimates, to those of Russia, the United States, China, and Mexico combined. For the past 30 years, the Gulf has been in the crosshairs of an influential group of Washington foreign-policy strategists, who believe that in order to ensure its global dominance, the United States must seize control of the region and its oil. Born during the energy crisis of the 1970s and refined since then by a generation of policymakers, this approach is finding its boldest expression yet in the Bush administration -- which, with its plan to invade Iraq and install a regime beholden to Washington, has moved closer than any of its predecessors to transforming the Gulf into an American protectorate.
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Ever since the oil shocks of the 1970s, the United States has steadily been accumulating military muscle in the Gulf by building bases, selling weaponry, and forging military partnerships. Now, it is poised to consolidate its might in a place that will be a fulcrum of the world's balance of power for decades to come. At a stroke, by taking control of Iraq, the Bush administration can solidify a long-running strategic design. "It's the Kissinger plan," says James Akins, a former U.S. diplomat. "I thought it had been killed, but it's back." <more>
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