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Kissinger: We Can't Win in Iraq

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 01:08:00 AM EST
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Can we win in Iraq? Not according to Henry Kissinger.

If you mean by military victory, an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don't believe that is possible,'' he told the British Broadcasting Corp. on Sunday.

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    you mean................. (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by cpinva on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 07:45:07 AM EST
    if we'd been told that there was no legitimate reason for us to invade iraq in the first place tom? would that be the truth you're referring to?

    last i checked, we were attacked by the japanese navy, at pearl harbor, which kicked off our direct participation in wwII. last i checked, iraq (still) hasn't attacked us. so please, enough with the pathetic attempts at wwII analogies, there aren't any.

    yeah, dr. k was the architect of the so called "secret plan" of nixon's to end vietnam. we see how well that turned out.

    if he wasn't the model for "dr. strangelove", he modeled himself after peter seller's character. either way, who really cares what he thinks?

    DR. K. (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 08:57:14 AM EST

    He's been right about everything else, so he must be right about this.  Not.

    But then again we may win in Iran????? (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by squeaky on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 12:57:30 PM EST
    Yes, Henry believes that now Iran should be the focus...... as if it hasn't always been. From his point of view, the world, as we know it will end, if Iran is allowed to pursue their own national interests.

    I guess it is the old saw: First one group of savages claim that they are no longer savages because they have fire. If the savages (ones without fire) obtain fire the world will be destroyed. So it is up to the now no longer savages to kill the remaining savages to save the world.

    Old stories never seem to die.


    Is it progress... (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Bill Arnett on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 02:12:24 PM EST
    ...if a cannibal uses knife and fork?

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    Ya think? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Red Hog on Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 11:36:01 PM EST
    Even my 18 year old son has been saying for years that the only way we will see a resolution to the mess in Iraq is through a political, negotiated solution.  Bush is getting a lot of advice from the likes of Kissenger and Baker.  Will he listen?

    Negotiate? LOL (1.00 / 1) (#4)
    by jimakaPPJ on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 06:37:51 AM EST
    Hey, the Left has never paid any attention to Kissinger before...

    And who will you negotiate with? The terrorist? Who is naive enough to believe we can trust Iran?

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    Oh look, Tricky Dick's sidekick is back. (none / 0) (#2)
    by Al on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 12:10:58 AM EST
    Of course Iraq can't be "won". It's been blindingly obvious since about eight weeks into the occupation.   Somebody send Kissinger back to Transylvania, please.

    What Kissinger is really saying... (none / 0) (#3)
    by TomStewart on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 04:04:17 AM EST
    is the American people don't have the guts to stick out a war. We did fine in WW2. Maybe if we'd been told the truth about it from the first, insead of being feed selected tid bits from unreliable scources...but then, there wouldn't have been a war.

    Experience (none / 0) (#7)
    by koshembos on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 09:44:46 AM EST
    So, assume that Kissinger believes we can win. Who cares? All you have to do is look at the direction of events in Iraq; it's getting worse by the month.

    Kissinger himself has been out of power for about 30 years. His world view probably is far removed from what the new reality is.

    Welcome.... (none / 0) (#8)
    by kdog on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 10:46:00 AM EST
    to the reality based community Mr. Kissinger, how long has it been, 40 years?

    He's a very smart guy... (none / 0) (#12)
    by Edger on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:03:24 PM EST
    ...and he has to think long and deeply about things that are obvious to everyone else.

    Ummmm... uhhhh... never mind.

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    downright.... (none / 0) (#13)
    by kdog on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:14:52 PM EST
    scary.

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    Giving any weight or consideration to... (none / 0) (#10)
    by Bill Arnett on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 02:10:05 PM EST
    ...the opinions of Kissinger is just another step into Mr. Peabody's way-back machine, and a trip back into the bad old days when a republican president proved himself incapable of running an honest presidency, and instead concentrated on the same things bush now does: illegal wiretapping, state sponsored surreptitious entry without warrant, domestic spying on citizens, enemies lists, and a host of other nefarious means of depriving Americans of a competent government willing to be honest with us.

    I will never again lend any credence whatever to anything Kissinger ever has to say as he was one of the architects of the current rethuglican party, which is naught but a throwback to Nixon-style government. What a disservice this man has done to America.

    Now He Tells Us (none / 0) (#14)
    by john horse on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 09:27:32 PM EST
    So Kissinger believes that the war in Iraq is militarily unwinnable.  It would have been nice if he could have maybe told us this before over 2800 Americans were killed, 21,000 were wounded, and billions of dollars were wasted.

    How can those who support Bush's invasion/occupation of Iraq ask more of our soldiers to give up their lives for a war that is unwinnable?

     

    Sigh (none / 0) (#15)
    by Che's Lounge on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 10:26:06 PM EST
    No S**t, Henry. Think that up all by yourself, did ya?

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