[Kaslin]

I think it is needless to say that I have never trusted Brzezinski, who was the security adivise to the worst president of the 20th century

[MNJohnnie]

Yeah a mouthpiece for the failed polices of the major enabler of Islamic terrorism, Jimmy Carter, really has NO credibility speaking on this topic at all.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Z'biggy not only knew nothing, he suspected nothing. Niether did Cahtah.

[NonValueAdded]

Poor little Zbig ... the epitome of the old adage "when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Designer pestilences a la "12 Monkeys" but for real this time are a distinct possibility. Thecnology has certainly moved on but has Zbig? Remember, his formative years predated the PC. Things have changed a bit since then. And it doesn't even have to be terrorism. Imagine the researcher who engineers "the bacteria that will solve the world's oil spill problem." Of course, 10 years after the first use on a spill, OPEC wonders why production has dropped by 50% and continues to fall. No, Zbig had the MAD doctrine between two nations that valued life (at least their own life, that is) to keep things simple for him. But how does MAD work when your advesary embraces death?

[WoodstockCat]

When a Carter-ite wants to complain they go to a non-U.S. publication.
I wish they would just stay there after the interview.

[traderrob6]

"The Big News" from Zbigniew Brzezinski

[A. Pole]

Brzezinski: That depends on your definition of victory. If we act intelligently and form the necessary coalitions, the appeal of terrorism may diminish and limit its capacity to find sympathizers or even would-be martyrs. Then it will probably gradually fade away. If, however, we envision victory as the equivalent of a Hitler shooting himself in the bunker, that will not happen. This is precisely why the whole analogy with the war is so misleading. It is not helpful for making the public understand that we are dealing with a long-term problem in a very volatile region, the solution of which depends on mobilizing moderate forces and isolating fanatics.

Zbigniew Brzeziñski bump

[marktuoni]

I think you missed the best part..

SPIEGEL: Is fear, as at the thought of a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists, not something very natural?

Brzezinski: Certainly, such a notion is not entirely unrealistic, but on the other hand we are not confronted with the Soviet nuclear weapons arsenal. I do not wish to minimize the danger of a single or even multiple terrorist acts, but their scale is simply not comparable.

So in Brzezinsky's opinion, a single or even multiple terrorists acts with nuclear weapons is FUNDAMENTALLY different from what he faced during the Carter administration.

I think the impact on our country would be FUNDAMENTALLY identical!

[Spok]

If Carter was bright enough to realize what a disaster his presidency was, he might have used the likes of Brzezinski as scapegoats. Instead, the peanut farmer and the dolts he surrounded himself with continue to reside in a surreal fog.

[xkaydet65]

If Zbig had remained in power in the *80s the Wall would be intact and Eastern Europe enjoying the benefits of Socialism. The Democrats would be crowing how Zbig contained the Soviet Union and only saw Nicaragua and El Salvador, and Eastern Africa added to the Communist Bloc.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Maybe Pravda, the Chinese Daily and the Daily Commie can interview Zbiggy next.

[appleharvey]

Getting foreign policy advice from Zbigniew Brzezinski is kind of like getting safe driving tips from Lizzy Grubman.

[Mannaggia l'America]

I'll read the interview later and play the Zbig Drinking Game. Every time Zbig says "geopolitical", you take a drink. He loves that word.