What would you think of Henry Kissinger handeling the Iraq war?
This might seem a strange question, but I just want to know what you all think about Kissinger. Do you think Kissinger would be able to handle the Iraq war better than Bush? Asked by Paradise.
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Insurgency is not negotable Mr. Kissinger is a Cold War era figure and the most of his reign of foreign policy was established by bilateral negotiations. In Korea and Vietnam there were established governments on each side of the conflict. These governments were able to negotiate deals with provisions that they could enforce (i.e.To disarm or withdraw their troops).
This meant that most of the negotiations could be done bilaterally in secrecy and so the issues could be resolved without pressure on the negotiators. In Iraq there is no sovereign government from the insurgency/terrorist side, so you are unable to do bilateral negotiations. All the fighting factions have common is their discontent about the occupation.
They don't have any common view of how Iraq should be governed after the occupation forces have been withdrawn. To answer your question deriving from my reasoning I would think, that Mr. Kissinger wouldn't be able to handle the current Iraq situation with the same remedies he used in the Vietnam conflict. I also think that Mr. Kissinger, as a Realpolitik-practitioner, wouldn't gotten to a war without comprehensive view of the possible outcomes and the issue of voiding Iraq's civil security functions would have to been addressed before the engagement in a full warfare.
A Stoned One Armed Monkey Could Do a Better Job Then GW Bush I firmly believe that a stoned one armed monkey could do a better job with the was in Iraq then GW Bush. Why? ... well a stoned one armed monkey would not have started this war in the first place.As for Kissenger, why not pretty much anyone would be better.
At least Kissenger is older now if not completely wiser. Kissinger does see that the Military Win is not possible in this situation, and the man could probably spell quagmire. The following from : washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/articl... presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq's regional neighbors _ including Iran _ if progress is to be made in the region.
"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. But Kissinger, an architect of the Vietnam war who has advised President Bush about Iraq, warned against a rapid withdrawal of coalition troops, saying it could destabilize Iraq's neighbors and cause a long-lasting conflict."A dramatic collapse of Iraq _ whatever we think about how the situation was created _ would have disastrous consequences for which we would pay for many years and which would bring us back, one way or another, into the region," he said. Kissinger, whose views have been sought by the Iraqi Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker III, called for an international conference bringing together the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Iraq's neighbors _ including Iran _ and regional powers like India and Pakistan to work out a way forward for the region.
"I think we have to redefine the course, but I don't think that the alternative is between military victory, as defined previously, or total withdrawal," he said. Sources: My Opinion .
NOPE! S opinion was asked awhile back and his comment was, "stay the course"! Then he waddled off into the sunset.. I gather he had a "Vietnam Dejavu", and bailed... NOBODY, that is not forced into the situation wants to get directly involved with post war Iraq policy.. I'ts a "career killer"... P.S. Have you noticed all the Bush staffers running for cover?
Sources: Lots of articles and common sence..
1 Probably the same as Vietnam - hang on until he could negotiate a good deal. People forget our Peace Settlement was a good deal until Watergate kept the President from enforcing it. Our troops left in 72 and they attacked the Government of South Vietnam in 75.
Kissinger got his training as an intelligence officer in WWII and post war Germany.
Probably the same as Vietnam - hang on until he could negotiate a good deal. People forget our Peace Settlement was a good deal until Watergate kept the President from enforcing it. Our troops left in 72 and they attacked the Government of South Vietnam in 75.
Kissinger got his training as an intelligence officer in WWII and post war Germany.
2 I don´t think so. War in Iraq, as long as I can remember from the tragic Vietnam War, is fast becoming the same quagmire as it war. Perhaps, a little more reliance on foreign contries, such as France, and perhaps a muslim one, like Saudi Arabia wouldo do better.
That is my opinion, always bearing in mind that I am a Brazilian, and watching from a foreigner viewpoint.
I don´t think so. War in Iraq, as long as I can remember from the tragic Vietnam War, is fast becoming the same quagmire as it war. Perhaps, a little more reliance on foreign contries, such as France, and perhaps a muslim one, like Saudi Arabia wouldo do better.
That is my opinion, always bearing in mind that I am a Brazilian, and watching from a foreigner viewpoint.
Do you feel that America needs the Iraq war.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.