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In a November 19, 2006 BBC Sunday AM interview, when asked whether there is any hope left for a clear military victory in Iraq, Henry Kissinger said, "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... I think we have to redefine the course. But I don't believe that the alternative is between military victory as it had been defined previously, or total withdrawal."
Perhaps I am the only one who is stricken by this notion, but does it not seem like he has a general idea of what can be done?
And while I really do hate to say this, it is somewhat to the point: Damascus and Tehran, anyone? Talks with the regional powers are inevitable, but the sooner, the more face can be saved.
Sigh. If only Iran and Syria weren't being run by a punchline from Friends with a head swollen twice the size of Saddam's, and a 6-foot inhuman monstrosity with a sloped chin (or lack thereof) so steep it could be classified double-black-diamond.
If only.
Having heard in the past couple of weeks that Jordan plans to pursue a Nuclear program, it seems that not all is lost. Why? Because Jordan's King Abdullah II, who announced the plans, hates America and the West so little, that he was schooled there, loves Star Trek, and appeared on an Episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Leave it to Gene Roddenberry to save the Middle East.
What I'm really getting at here, is that if someone knows of a way to make the situation in Iraq just a teensy bit less deadly and explosive, they should seriously consider making that course of action known to the general public. Not the current administration, because they're likely not to listen.
Oh, and Mr. Ahmadinejad, I'm sure your country deserves heaps of recognition and acknowledgment (heaps, I say!) with regards to its status as a regional power, but with reference to the Status Quo in the world, you ain't got none commin. The facts are, if you've developed or tried to develop nukes after the 1970s, you're considered a "Rogue State". Especially if you say or harbour people who say "death to America!". Actually, I'm almost convinced that if Israel just came out and said "we've got nukes" (finally screw the innuendo and foreplay), that the US would be pretty damn pissed at them, too. No 'Rogue State' crap, but certainly something.
Anyways, hopefully there will be some new diplomatic overtures over there, and soon.
P.S.
Those Conservative attack ads just crack me up. I mean, they're good, but they're funny too. I like how they're also indirectly making Ignatieff look like more of a leader than Dion (though he takes a million years to finish a sentence).
Perhaps I am the only one who is stricken by this notion, but does it not seem like he has a general idea of what can be done?
And while I really do hate to say this, it is somewhat to the point: Damascus and Tehran, anyone? Talks with the regional powers are inevitable, but the sooner, the more face can be saved.
Sigh. If only Iran and Syria weren't being run by a punchline from Friends with a head swollen twice the size of Saddam's, and a 6-foot inhuman monstrosity with a sloped chin (or lack thereof) so steep it could be classified double-black-diamond.
If only.
Having heard in the past couple of weeks that Jordan plans to pursue a Nuclear program, it seems that not all is lost. Why? Because Jordan's King Abdullah II, who announced the plans, hates America and the West so little, that he was schooled there, loves Star Trek, and appeared on an Episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Leave it to Gene Roddenberry to save the Middle East.
What I'm really getting at here, is that if someone knows of a way to make the situation in Iraq just a teensy bit less deadly and explosive, they should seriously consider making that course of action known to the general public. Not the current administration, because they're likely not to listen.
Oh, and Mr. Ahmadinejad, I'm sure your country deserves heaps of recognition and acknowledgment (heaps, I say!) with regards to its status as a regional power, but with reference to the Status Quo in the world, you ain't got none commin. The facts are, if you've developed or tried to develop nukes after the 1970s, you're considered a "Rogue State". Especially if you say or harbour people who say "death to America!". Actually, I'm almost convinced that if Israel just came out and said "we've got nukes" (finally screw the innuendo and foreplay), that the US would be pretty damn pissed at them, too. No 'Rogue State' crap, but certainly something.
Anyways, hopefully there will be some new diplomatic overtures over there, and soon.
P.S.
Those Conservative attack ads just crack me up. I mean, they're good, but they're funny too. I like how they're also indirectly making Ignatieff look like more of a leader than Dion (though he takes a million years to finish a sentence).