Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order

The Wall St. Journal ^ | 8/29/14 | Henry Kissinger

[BlatherNaut]

Libya is in civil war, fundamentalist armies are building a self-declared caliphate across Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan's young democracy is on the verge of paralysis. To these troubles are added a resurgence of tensions with Russia and a relationship with China divided between pledges of cooperation and public recrimination. The concept of order that has underpinned the modern era is in crisis.

[Mariner]

This old bastard is still writing lucidly.

I miss the days when Presidents talked of such things:

“To play a responsible role in the evolution of a 21st-century world order, the U.S. must be prepared to answer a number of questions for itself: What do we seek to prevent, no matter how it happens, and if necessary alone? What do we seek to achieve, even if not supported by any multilateral effort? What do we seek to achieve, or prevent, only if supported by an alliance? What should we not engage in, even if urged on by a multilateral group or an alliance? What is the nature of the values that we seek to advance? And how much does the application of these values depend on circumstance”?

Many of W's deputies did. Senior did. Reagan did.

But not a single democrat has since Truman.

[blueplum]

a surprisingly blunt message to Obama and the Left:

“Even as the lessons of challenging decades are examined, the affirmation of America’s exceptional nature must be sustained. History offers no respite to countries that set aside their sense of identity in favor of a seemingly less arduous course. But nor does it assure success for the most elevated convictions in the absence of a comprehensive geopolitical strategy.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hopefully the oligarchs (Kissinger, Bushes, Soros, etc.) who have been salivating for a New World Order and actively engineering it lo these many years will swiftly lose control of the situation and be devoured by it.

It would only be fair. They want us to be devoured by it, after all.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

New World Islamic Order.

Corrected.

[Cowboy Bob]

The Liberals keep bemoaning the fact that the world is going to hell while Obama is president. As if Obama had the misfortune of being president at the wrong time.

What the Liberals don't realize is the the world is going to hell BECAUSE of Obama.

Obama is incompetent. The people around him are incompetent. The only reason why things didn't fall apart sooner is that because he had 232 years of momentum behind him.

We're stuck with this idiot for another two and a half years. Things will only get worse. A Republican controlled Congress my prevent Obama from doing more damage internally, but it will not prevent the world from collapsing around us.

[Vendome]

Great writing.

I still believe in Robert Kagan’s premise in his seminal book “The Return of History and the End of Dreams”.

As Kissinger explains the world is more likely to fall into power plays of influence over parts of the world and will be perfectly happy to have the United States as a the lone superpower, settling squabbles from those not yet on board or violating agreements.

[BlatherNaut]

Indeed.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well I would have to say to Henry whom I used to admire until I caught on that alliances are one thing and world governance is another.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Indeed +1

[mongo141]

The Liberals keep bemoaning the fact that the world is going to hell while Obama is president. As if Obama had the misfortune of being president at the wrong time.

What the Liberals don’t realize is the the world is going to hell BECAUSE of Obama.

“Obama is incompetent. The people around him are incompetent. The only reason why things didn’t fall apart sooner is that because he had 232 years of momentum behind him.

We’re stuck with this idiot for another two and a half years. Things will only get worse. A Republican controlled Congress my prevent Obama from doing more damage internally, but it will not prevent the world from collapsing around us.”
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Absolutely Correct IMHO!

[GOP Poet]

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[GeronL]

Russia invaded Ukraine and accuses the US (what did Obama do besides send some MRE's??) of bullying

Advisor of Putin Sergei Glazyev: Russia should not allow the US to bully the world into a new world war

Obama is such a joke

[miss marmelstein]

How you can be dead and still writing, is beyond me.

[Ben Ficklin]

The paragraph you've pasted is the question of unilateralism versus multilateralism.

The cold war was a bilateral world or bipolar world. So after the cold war ended is the world multilateral or unilateral with the unilateral world being led by the sole surviving super power(US), at least until a new super power(China) or re-constituted super power(Russia) arrives on the world stage.

In the post cold war period we have had 4 presidents. GHW Bush, Clinton, and Obama have been multilateralists and GW Bush was the sole unilateraist.

[Praxeologue]

History offers no respite to countries that set aside their sense of identity in favor of a seemingly less arduous course. Nor does it assure success for the most elevated convictions in the absence of a comprehensive geopolitical strategy.

Kissinger avoids concluding that the cause of world turmoil has been Obama's personal, ideological, religious biases, charitably viewed as weakness and dithering. Instead, he timidly hints at taking the easy way out and lacking a strategy, which more accurately describes what Kissinger himself is doing here.

From his foreign policy wonk perspective, Kissinger views financial crises as caused by tension between multinational corporations and individual countries: a statist perspective. A conservative would view these crises as generated by government fiscal and monetary meddling in the economy. For example, he sees the tribulations of the PIIGS as resulting from EU 'structural misdesign'. That is the perspective of a socialist who insists that "we'll get it right next time". The reality is that the EU adventure is a German and French exercise in self-interest and the PIIGS are collateral damage.

Obtuse expression cannot bring peace with honor.

[Maudeen]

http://www.jeremiahproject.com/newworldorder/

[outofsalt]

What?! Rainbow flags and unicorns aren’t the answer?
I’m sorry, what was the question? A new world order?
That’s right, golf. It will clear the mind and release tensions. Carry on.

[Vendome]

PIIGS? Like Germany and Spain? LOL

This DeGaulle pap was designed expressly to compete with the USA, which they can’t.

Fer Criess sake, they can’t even manage to thump another country without using us as their proxy.

I think Kissinger does in fact miss an opportunity to take a swipe at Obama.

however, Kissinger is really about harmonizing governments world wide, while the rest if would be happy to merely export our values,kick some ass once in a while (we’re Americans and we love a good fight) and be 1st on the scene of any disaster, if we can, and provide the worlds best emergency services and plant a beacon of hope.

FK the U.N.

[Nextrush]

Kissinger gives us the ultimate GOPe RINO view of the world on foreign policy.

The GOPe will criticize the tone of Obama’s policy, the level of sanctions, the level of military force used to “police” our enemies, the color of his suit etc. etc.

But put them in power and nothing will change. There will be no war with Russia over Ukraine for example just like there was no war with the Soviets when they shot down a Korean airliner when Reagan was president.

A nation with nuclear weapons has protection from military consequences for its aggressive actions. That’s what makes Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous....