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2012-03-31 Home Front: Politix

In which Henry Kissinger deftly guts the Obama doctrine of intervention

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Posted by 2012-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Bad linky. Clicking only brings you back to the post.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-03-31 00:28|| 2012-03-31 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I think lotp meant this Washington Post opinion piece.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-03-31 03:32|| 2012-03-31 03:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Much more revealing is the link attached in the title: Henry A. Kissinger was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and is the author, most recently, of On China.

His Obama Doctrine of Intervention piece must have taken him an entire 15 minutes to pen. Quite a blinding flash of the obvious it is.

I'd lump Henry in with the likes of broadcaster Kieth Obberman, except I don't see Obberman facilitating the transfer of American industry to his beloved China. Credit where due I suppose.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-03-31 08:36|| 2012-03-31 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Henry Kissinger got out of Germany shortly before the round-up of all Jews. He was drafted into the Army, got his citizenship, and fought in Europe landing shortly after D-Day. He was in an Infantry unit. I'm not excusing his actions while Secretary of State, just cutting him a bit of slack.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2012-03-31 09:44|| 2012-03-31 09:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Linked fixed - sorry about that.

Kissinger is an interesting fixture in Washington. That short opinion piece wasn't primarily aimed at the general public - it was aimed at the inside-the-Beltway foreign policy wonkdom, and perhaps in support of the Republicans in the general election.

Kissinger's giving the insiders the vocabulary to use in order to disassociate themselves from the fiasco Obama and his Krew have created and the vocabulary the Republicans can use to attack Obama on foreign policy. He's doing this by calling out the huge shift in priorities that have driven this administration's interaction with other countries, using deceptively mild language. The WaPo can scarcely turn down an editorial page column from Dr. K., especially one whose impact probably went right by the J-school grads at the paper. The wonks will realize a major shot across the Dems' bow for the fall.

First volley in the general election campaign on the foreign policy front. It fits well but probably wasn't coordinated with what appears to be Romney's strategy: start by putting Obama on the defensive, hard, on foreign policy grounds while also building the narrative about domestic / economic issues.

It's no accident this appeared in the first Sunday paper after Obama's "flexibility" open mic comment re: Russia.

Posted by lotp 2012-03-31 10:20|| 2012-03-31 10:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Link's not fixed.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-03-31 10:54|| 2012-03-31 10:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Link is now fixed.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-03-31 10:55|| 2012-03-31 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Sounds like Kissinger, at an advanced age, might have learned a thing or two. But the overall impression is that our foreign policy during his tenure and now is being formulated by morons.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2012-03-31 13:25|| 2012-03-31 13:25|| Front Page Top

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