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Deadbeat Republicans

(111 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:00 PM Sep 2014

Henry Kissinger: Iran 'A Bigger Problem Than ISIS'

Source: The Huffington Post

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that Iran "is a bigger problem than ISIS."

In an interview with NPR that was released on Saturday, Kissinger explained that because Iran has a stronger footing in the Middle East, it has a greater opportunity to create an empire.

"The borders of the settlement of 1919-'20 are essentially collapsing," he said. "That gives Iran a very powerful level from a strategic point of view. I consider Iran a bigger problem than ISIS. ISIS is a group of adventurers with a very aggressive ideology. But they have to conquer more and more territory before they can became a strategic, permanent reality. I think a conflict with ISIS — important as it is — is more manageable than a confrontation with Iran.


Read more: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5777706



Kissinger is a friend ~ Hillary Clinton
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Henry Kissinger: Iran 'A Bigger Problem Than ISIS' (Original Post) Deadbeat Republicans Sep 2014 OP
he is wrong still_one Sep 2014 #1
Saying "Kissinger is wrong" is like saying "the Pacific has some water in it." Scootaloo Sep 2014 #2
+1000 UpInArms Sep 2014 #34
Seriously! Henry please just STFU! Maybe your new bff Hillary the Warmonger buys your bullshit, but not those of us who remember all the propaganda puke you've spewed. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2014 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2014 #52
+10^34 Strelnikov_ Sep 2014 #44
What an Asshat he is. Iranians are not Arabs, they are Persians and..... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2014 #3
Kissinger ranks extremely high on my list of Extremely Annoying People Who Should Just Shut Up. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #4
agreed annm4peace Sep 2014 #62
Does Hillary really believe that Kissinger is a friend? iemitsu Sep 2014 #5
Hillary Clinton and State Dept. to Celebrate War Criminal Henry Kissinger, While the White House Rep Deadbeat Republicans Sep 2014 #7
Thank you for that addition of history... ReRe Sep 2014 #40
It's nice to meet you ReRe. Deadbeat Republicans Sep 2014 #58
Thank you for these links. iemitsu Sep 2014 #61
Hello iemitsu! It's nice to meet you. Deadbeat Republicans Sep 2014 #64
Thank you. Nice to meet you too. iemitsu Sep 2014 #69
Thanks for the memory. The revulsion of the never ending war got everyone active in politics. freshwest Sep 2014 #68
That got you and me active in politics but not everyone, I'm afraid. iemitsu Sep 2014 #70
I thought Kissinger was dead Eagle_Eye Sep 2014 #6
Henry is one of the Undead PeoViejo Sep 2014 #10
that is a funny picture heaven05 Sep 2014 #29
Only on the inside... Salviati Sep 2014 #11
Only his humanity and soul Demeter Sep 2014 #26
his protege - Paul Bremer UpInArms Sep 2014 #35
"The borders of the settlement of 1919-'20 are essentially collapsing," may be the only accurate mulsh Sep 2014 #8
Exactly. He can't go into the history of those borders without looking like an ass. arcane1 Sep 2014 #27
is he even allowed to travel to any these countries these days? could have sworn he's wanted at 2banon Sep 2014 #46
Well done.. 2banon Sep 2014 #45
I saw, "Henry Kissinger a bigger problem than ISIS." BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #9
I was looking to see if anyone had posted that. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #14
Are you kidding me?!? gregcrawford Sep 2014 #12
Apparently Hillary Rodam Clinton does. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #13
She does it out of protocol cosmicone Sep 2014 #19
I feel she did not have to say what she said. riverbendviewgal Sep 2014 #21
Hell yah! Didn''t Iran offer to help eliminate ISIS?? 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #23
Strongest Opponent? Well maybe back in the day, possibly "strongly" opposed, 2banon Sep 2014 #47
What's she got there behind her back? candelista Sep 2014 #59
LOL - yes, it does appear to be a riding crop. Funny dat. ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #60
Kissinger needs a trial and then the Rope Billy Budd Sep 2014 #15
He should just be arrested and handed over to Chile or Lebanon. n/t cosmicone Sep 2014 #20
Chile, Lebanon, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador.... 2banon Sep 2014 #48
Worse than worthless IMHO. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #38
At first glance I thought it said, 'Henry Kissinger: I am 'A Bigger Problem Than ISIS'. nt NorthCarolina Sep 2014 #16
I know! Me too! That's why I clicked! LOL1 2banon Sep 2014 #49
Hillary Clinton agrees enthusiastically. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #17
Apparently so: cpwm17 Sep 2014 #18
Even if Iran had nuclear weapons, why would they attack Israel when they know Israel Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #30
Probably the most important thing to remember is that Kissinger supported and advised bush junior on still_one Sep 2014 #22
Add... ReRe Sep 2014 #43
Henry Kissinger is a bigger problem than Iran. BlueMTexpat Sep 2014 #24
I agree, Kissinger is literally toxic to the American Nation. n/t Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #31
STFU you war criminal, you Demeter Sep 2014 #25
Send him in as a scouting party of one. If he can return with evidence we'll hear him out. EEO Sep 2014 #28
Fricking war criminal deutsey Sep 2014 #32
Hillary's buddy banging the war drums... who else is as surprised... PoutrageFatigue Sep 2014 #33
I take it you won't be adorning your car w/ Hillary/Henry 2016 bumperstickers? Wouldn't be surprised if Warmonger Hillary tagged her new bff as a potential VP candidate. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2014 #54
I think my Father put it best after hearing the Henry Kissinger had won the Nobel Peace Prize. mackerel Sep 2014 #36
Kissinger, who secretly, treasonly colluded with Nixon to usurp LBJ's peace agreement w/nVietnam stuffmatters Sep 2014 #37
Glad history won't judge Kissinger in good ways. TRoN33 Sep 2014 #39
Kissinger has not one shred of credibility in my humble opinion. LoisB Sep 2014 #41
This pos will be on Face the Nation tomorrow if anyone is interested in what he is Purveyor Sep 2014 #42
Why would anyone The Wizard Sep 2014 #50
Crazy crazy crazy. Evil evil evil. LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #53
Guess no one told him that they are working with the US... Historic NY Sep 2014 #55
Pimping for Israel again Mr. Kissinger. nt ladjf Sep 2014 #56
Seeing his name fredamae Sep 2014 #57
I apologize, I don't mean to kick my own thread, but I remember when the PNAC was just a conspiracy theory Deadbeat Republicans Sep 2014 #63
Why Don't We Drop His Ass In Santiago? Wolf Frankula Sep 2014 #65
He's hoping to undermine Kerry's efforts in Iran which have been quietly advancing blm Sep 2014 #66
a lot of people around the world would think Kissinger is a bigger problem than ISIS... yurbud Sep 2014 #67
DO THE OPPOSITE, THAT MAN IS MADE OF WRONGNESS! NuttyFluffers Sep 2014 #71
And Henry, you're a bigger problem to me pablo_marmol Sep 2014 #72

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
51. Seriously! Henry please just STFU! Maybe your new bff Hillary the Warmonger buys your bullshit, but not those of us who remember all the propaganda puke you've spewed.
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 08:31 AM
Sep 2014

Response to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)
3. What an Asshat he is. Iranians are not Arabs, they are Persians and.....
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:07 PM
Sep 2014

there is no way they could control that area by force without paying a heavy price. They are way better off giving support to friendly governments.
And who says they want an empire...Our own little empire builder himself. The problem with the insane is that they think everybody else is insane.

Louisiana1976

(3,962 posts)
4. Kissinger ranks extremely high on my list of Extremely Annoying People Who Should Just Shut Up.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:08 PM
Sep 2014

He's a war criminal who belongs in prison.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
5. Does Hillary really believe that Kissinger is a friend?
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:10 PM
Sep 2014

If so she should keep quiet about it.
There is such a thing as guilt by association.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
40. Thank you for that addition of history...
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:45 PM
Sep 2014

... it's why they hate history so much. It tells a story. And welcome to DU.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
61. Thank you for these links.
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 02:50 PM
Sep 2014

I believe that Kissinger is a convicted war criminal in relation to his role the in the overthrow of the Chilean government, in 1973, and subsequent crimes committed by the Pinochet government.
It appears that what the bulk of us see as problematic (the repetition of horrible episodes in history) the ruling classes see as successes. Otherwise we would not be repeating them.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
70. That got you and me active in politics but not everyone, I'm afraid.
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:06 PM
Sep 2014

The rest are just working harder and harder to make ends meet. They don't have the time or the energy to figure out why life here sucks so much.

 

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
10. Henry is one of the Undead
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:24 PM
Sep 2014

He lives not far from here, in a place where the Uber-Wealthy Live far beyond a normal lifespan, at least from a Serf's point of view. Unfortunately, he must stay in his Coffin while there is Sunlight, less he turn to Dust.

mulsh

(2,959 posts)
8. "The borders of the settlement of 1919-'20 are essentially collapsing," may be the only accurate
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:18 PM
Sep 2014

statement Henry K has made about this subject.Never forget these artificial borders were foisted upon the locals by the victorious and ever arrogant British and French governments with the help of their allies at Versailles in1919.

I believe loosely organized insurgent groups pose more of a threat than most organized nation's armies but I'm not a tenured professor or international relations whore, i mean consultant. I've just managed to live through the era when Henry was doing his dirtiest work.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
46. is he even allowed to travel to any these countries these days? could have sworn he's wanted at
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 10:51 PM
Sep 2014

Da Hague some years ago.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
45. Well done..
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 10:49 PM
Sep 2014

and can someone please explain why this creten isn't actually dead yet? how many more decades must we continue to endure?


 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
19. She does it out of protocol
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:24 PM
Sep 2014

all former secretaries of state maintain cordial relationship in public due to protocol.

HRC was and has been one of the strongest opponents of CIA's misadventure in Chile engineered by Henry Slimeball Kissinger.

riverbendviewgal

(4,253 posts)
21. I feel she did not have to say what she said.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:28 PM
Sep 2014

Hearing he thinks Iran is more dangerous the ISIS scares the bejeebies in me. If he is an advisor of the next president (Clinton?) I would be very worried.

He is a war criminal in my books.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
47. Strongest Opponent? Well maybe back in the day, possibly "strongly" opposed,
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 10:55 PM
Sep 2014

but my oh my.. how things have changed since her salad days of yore.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
48. Chile, Lebanon, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador....
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 10:57 PM
Sep 2014

I'm sure I've forgotten a many others...

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
38. Worse than worthless IMHO.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:01 PM
Sep 2014

Worthless sounds way too "neutral" to describe a world class Evil Fuck like Henry.

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)
30. Even if Iran had nuclear weapons, why would they attack Israel when they know Israel
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:19 PM
Sep 2014

already has nuclear weapons?

A stupid question or proposition only answered by a reckless , foolish and tragic answer, "we would be able to totally obliterate them."

That's a piss poor way to build relations.

I know Hillary is going to run, her answer about waiting until after the 1st of Jan to decide, is just bullshit.

I do hope the Democratic Party comes up with a much better, forward thinking candidate and potential President.



still_one

(92,219 posts)
22. Probably the most important thing to remember is that Kissinger supported and advised bush junior on
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:31 PM
Sep 2014

the invasion of Iraq. It is that invasion that destabilized the entire middle east, made Iran the issue it is today, and the damage from Iraq is what gave birth to ISIS

Good job Henry.

and FU media for giving these individuals whose advice cost millions in lives and dollars for perhaps the worst foreign policies in modern times.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
25. STFU you war criminal, you
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:53 PM
Sep 2014

You have never been correct in your life. And we have the documents to prove it.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
32. Fricking war criminal
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:22 PM
Sep 2014

From what he advocated from Vietnam to Chile, this guy is despicable.

"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." Kissinger

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
54. I take it you won't be adorning your car w/ Hillary/Henry 2016 bumperstickers? Wouldn't be surprised if Warmonger Hillary tagged her new bff as a potential VP candidate.
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 08:41 AM
Sep 2014

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
36. I think my Father put it best after hearing the Henry Kissinger had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:43 PM
Sep 2014

He said: Well so much for Peace Prizes.

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
37. Kissinger, who secretly, treasonly colluded with Nixon to usurp LBJ's peace agreement w/nVietnam
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:44 PM
Sep 2014

Robert Parry's written about this for years. Recent release of more Nixon tapes implicate Kissinger even more conclusively.
Considering how how many tens of thousand more Americans & hundreds of thousands of Southeast Asians died in the next 6 years after Nixon-Kissinger were elected based on this treachery, this definitely qualifies as one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th century.

 

TRoN33

(769 posts)
39. Glad history won't judge Kissinger in good ways.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:22 PM
Sep 2014

I wouldn't blame Vietnamese, Laoans, and Cambodians for planning the biggest fireworks when Kissinger dies anytime soon.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
42. This pos will be on Face the Nation tomorrow if anyone is interested in what he is
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 10:04 PM
Sep 2014

peddling. I am just to see what the fuck he is up to...

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
57. Seeing his name
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 09:57 AM
Sep 2014

prominently featured........again is akin to the screeching of fingernails on a chalkboard.
Hillary? Seriously? tsk, tsk, tsk...but hey, thanks for letting us see more of this bs Before the potus primaries!
She's, imo-way, way over-so far over the Center Right (red) line and, imo-has left the Dems Big Tent.

63. I apologize, I don't mean to kick my own thread, but I remember when the PNAC was just a conspiracy theory
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 04:03 PM
Sep 2014

“We don’t have the power to impose our preference, but without us, and without some leadership from us, the new order cannot be created,” he said.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1456033.ece

Side note; i'm not a subscriber.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
67. a lot of people around the world would think Kissinger is a bigger problem than ISIS...
Sun Sep 7, 2014, 10:03 PM
Sep 2014

like the relatives of those tortured or killed in Chile.

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
71. DO THE OPPOSITE, THAT MAN IS MADE OF WRONGNESS!
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 02:55 AM
Sep 2014

seriously, like the polar opposite of the republican agenda, it is hard to go astray by using him as a polar opposite guiding star.

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