WTF?- Cold warrior Henry Kissinger woos Russia for Barack Obama

[Orwellian_Ghost]

Cold warrior Henry Kissinger woos Russia for Barack Obama

Henry Kissinger, the pioneer of Cold War detente during the Nixon era, has made a return to frontline politics after President Barack Obama reportedly sent him to Moscow to win backing from Vladimir Putin's government for a nuclear disarmament initiative.


By Adrian Blomfield, Moscow Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:14AM GMT 06 Feb 2009

The Daily Telegraph has learned that the 85-year-old former US secretary of state met President Dmitry Medvedev for secret negotiations in December. According to Western diplomats, during two days of talks the octogenarian courted Russian officials to win their support for Mr Obama's initiative, which could see Russia and the United States each slashing their nuclear warheads to 1,000 warheads.

The decision to send Mr Kissinger to Moscow, taken by Mr Obama when he was still president-elect, is part of a plan to overcome probable Republican objections in Congress.

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Despite his pariah status with many Left-wingers in Mr Obama's Democratic Party, the president forged relations with Mr Kissinger during his campaign.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4530042/Cold-warrior-Henry-Kissinger-woos-Russia-for-Barack-Obama.html

George Schultz was evidently involved as well and I must admit I didn't think that hooligan was still alive.

[Runcible Spoon]

1. for fuck's sake!

how much longer do I have to wait around for karma to come and bite Kissinger in the ass!? :grr:

[MrPerson]

2. Barack ought to do a Nixon impession for him.

Make him feel at home.

[anonymous171]

3. Wow. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

4. He should be sending him to prison, not to Moscow.

[Kahuna]

5. Notice how these stories from the Telegraph always turn out to NOT be true?..

By the responses on this thread, apparently a lot of people have yet to catch on. :eyes:

[CLANG]

6. Anything to keep him out of the country

[KoKo]

7. As I replied on an earlier post about Kissinger working for Obama...

Obama needs to watch out for the "Shiv in his Back" like his Bi-Partisan efforts towards Repugs gave him.

Like Cheney...the bloated Kissinger seems to defy all the "Heart Attack Ads" about being fit...and being careful what you eat. And, his politics is never much different from Cheney.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Obama is worse than Judas.

[blues90]

9. That old war monger liar should not even be allowed in DC

Let alone be involved. Jesus has he not done enough damage already. His dealings with trade with China during Vienam was as bad as it can be and yet they allow this sack of crap freak in there for what?

[slipslidingaway]

10. Coincidentally Geithner's first job was with Kissinger & Assoc.

Kissinger calls on Obama to create a New World Order

about the 2 minute mark

Not a crisis, an opporunity...more at link below, why Kissinger was there, who he was with...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=265549&mesg_id=265549


direct video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3BqK-9ZiU

[dflprincess]

11. This is what happens when criminals are not prosecuted

they keep coming back to cause more harm. This is taking "bipartisan" ship way too far. I wonder if Obama has never read much history about the Vietnam war - if he had I don't see how he could give Henry any creditability.

Kissinger's come back is another example of why Bushco must be prosecuted this time. If they're not, they'll be back bigger and badder than ever.

[Kat45]

12. And that old war hawk is totally unrepentant.

I saw him on a panel at an event about Vietnam at the Kennedy Library a few years ago. IIRC, he had no regrets and was still the same war hawk he was back in the Vietnam days.

[EFerrari]

13. Is there another source?

[Orwellian_Ghost]

15. Here's another

February 6, 2009, 17:36

Kissinger held secret talks in Moscow

American statesman Henry Kissinger made a secret visit to Moscow to persuade the Kremlin to join a US proposal to slash the number of nuclear warheads on both sides, reports The Daily Telegraph. The former US Secretary of State met with both President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin on the vist, the UK newspaper says.

One of the world’s most controversial politicians, Henry Kissinger is again spearheading American foreign policy.

In December, Kissinger - now 85-years-old - secretly flew into the Russian capital at the request of then President-elect Barack Obama. Kissinger was there to sound out the Kremlin on a bilateral reduction of nuclear weapons, the paper says.

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http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/36969

[EFerrari]

17. That seems to be sourced to the Daily Telegraph as well. n/t

[bertman]

14. I remember reading somewhere a few years back that wherever Henry Kissinger goes

to work his "diplomacy" thousands soon die brutal deaths.

The King of the UnDead has risen again.

[goforit]

16. Obama is either a member of the 'new world order' or he is NAIVE as hell.