AP Exclusive: Kissinger says military victory not possible in Iraq

[Quixote1818]

TOKYO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who helped engineer the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, said Sunday the problems in Iraq are more complex than that conflict, and military victory is no longer possible.

He also said he sympathizes with the troubles facing U.S. President George W. Bush.

"A 'military victory' in the sense of total control over the whole territory, imposed on the entire population, is not possible," Kissinger told The Associated Press in Tokyo, where he received an honorary degree from Waseda University.

The faceless, ubiquitous nature of Iraq's insurgency, as well as the religious divide between Shiite and Sunni rivals, makes negotiating peace more complex, he said.

More: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/01/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Iraq-Kissinger.php

[AlCzervik]

1. you know what would be cool? If he made this statement from the bullet proof

plastic perp box in the Hague.

[aquart]

8. Right next to George's.

[Poiuyt]

2. I thought it was Kissenger who encouraged Bush to stay in Iraq

He said that we didn't win in Viet Nam because we left too soon, or something like that.

[Quixote1818]

3. Kissenger is a flip flopper

Yep, I remember hearing the same thing. He does suggest a slow pull out though much like the Baker/Hamilton report suggests.

[bonito]

4. Over 1800 Iraqis killed in march 1600 in february

This IS a civil war! dividing up the country now is the most reasonable step till peaceful negotiations can take place to reunite, thats the first step in any violent fight. but but but all we hear is stay the course from these pseudo experts in the administration dam it.

[hang a left]

10. In order to do that the oil MUST be returned to the Iraqis and

profits divided fairly amongst the factions. Divide them up then. Then get on your knees and beg for forgiveness.

[hibbing]

5. the DC party circuit war criminal

Why on earth this war criminal is gone to for his opinions on foreign policy. I cringe and turn the channel on the tv if he is on.

peace

[Colobo]

6. I heard Pinochet is waiting for Henry

in hell...

[Octafish]

7. And that's coming from the Großvater of Operation CONDOR...

... A guy capable of lying by ignoring his own role in whispering sweet warmongerings into a crazy monkey's ear.

From OP link:

Kissinger said that fighting in Iraq is likely to continue for years, and that America's national interest requires an end to partisan bickering at home over war policy.

"The role of America in the world cannot be defined by our internal partisan quarrels," he said. "All the leaders, both Republican and Democratic, have to remember that it will go on for several more years and find some basis for common action."

That guy sure loves oil.

[BlooInBloo]

9. BlooInBloo Exclusive: Peace not possible as long as Kissinger alive.

[hang a left]

11. If there is such a thing as Satan...

It is Kissinger.

Remember ** is regularly advised by this monster.

He. Is. Evil. And. A. Friggin. Liar.

He LOVES all the blood.

[gauguin57]

12. Another effing war criminal heard from!

http://www.thetrialsofhenrykissinger.com/trials.html

(that movie is a must-see on DVD ... along with the director's other film, "Why We Fight.")

[KoKo]

13. He's receiving an Honorary Degree in Tokyo? Amazing! He's a war criminal.

War Criminal receiving honorary degrees from a Japanese University. :eyes: