tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post9059743357457500285..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Negroponte in EcuadorGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-82778224274348900452007-05-09T14:34:00.000-04:002007-05-09T14:34:00.000-04:00an insult to KissingerKissinger deserves nothing b...<I>an insult to Kissinger</I><BR/><BR/>Kissinger deserves nothing but insults--and perhaps a stint in prison. In addition to Kornbluh, Christopher Hitchens makes a pretty compelling argument about Kissinger's complicity in murder and war crimes in "The Trial of Henry Kissinger."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-6014159484068025112007-05-08T17:44:00.000-04:002007-05-08T17:44:00.000-04:00If by "defend American interests" you mean "encour...If by "defend American interests" you mean "encourage governments to kill people for no reason," then you're right. Check out Peter Kornbluh's book on Chile and the National Security Archive's declassified documents in general before touting Kissinger in Latin America.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-2685098651048336272007-05-08T17:26:00.000-04:002007-05-08T17:26:00.000-04:00I have read plenty. To put Kissinger in the same ...I have read plenty. To put Kissinger in the same bucket as Bolton, Negroponte, or any other Bush lemming (with the possible exception of Powell) is an insult to Kissinger. He defended American interests in a way that the Bush White House can't possibly duplicate, and did so in an environment where Communism was a threat to our existence. In 1975 no one knew that Russia would collapse 15 years later. It was a real threat, and Kissinger dealt with that threat while still maintaining relative peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-80367041733528681002007-05-08T17:05:00.000-04:002007-05-08T17:05:00.000-04:00Mike. Read some basic political history and then ...Mike. Read some basic political history and then come back.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-64327942677177850562007-05-08T16:57:00.000-04:002007-05-08T16:57:00.000-04:00Henry Kissinger did more to defend the rights of i...Henry Kissinger did more to defend the rights of individual citizens than any other diplomat in the past 50 years, American or otherwise. If we include the 1.2 billion Chinese and the 15 million Chileans who enjoy liberty and freedom (notwithstanding the Chinese filters of those liberties), that is a good start. Add to that list helping to end the Vietnam War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and paving the way for the 1979 Camp David Accords. Don't forget that he also won a Nobel Peace Prize in the 1970s. <BR/><BR/>If Kissinger had been born in the USA he would have been elected President in 1980 instead of Ronald Reagan. If they ever rescind the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, we might actually elect a native German speaker to the White House after all. Except that instead of a foreign policy expert, this German speaker will have once starred in films with Richard Dawson and Jesse Ventura.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-36885943943827921352007-05-08T15:42:00.000-04:002007-05-08T15:42:00.000-04:00If Bolton and Oliver North were unavailable, then ...If Bolton and Oliver North were unavailable, then maybe I'd pick Negroponte. Or shoot, just send Henry Kissinger on a good will mission.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-40617712832782327742007-05-08T15:33:00.000-04:002007-05-08T15:33:00.000-04:00What's wrong with Negroponte? Would you rather th...What's wrong with Negroponte? Would you rather they sent John Bolton?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com