Kissinger: Military victory no longer possible in Iraq

[kpete]

Kissinger: Military victory no longer possible in Iraq
Posted 11/19/2006

LONDON (AP) — Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.
In a wide ranging interview on British Broadcasting Corp. television, Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq's regional neighbors — including Iran — if any progress is to be made in the region.

"If you mean by 'military victory' an Iraqi Government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don't believe that is possible," he said on the BBC's Sunday AM breakfast show.

But Kissinger warned against a rapid withdrawal of troops, saying it could lead to "disastrous consequences," destabilizing Iraq's neighbors and causing a long-lasting conflict.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-11-19-kissinger-britain_x.htm?csp=34

[bullimiami]

1. hey hank, a little slow on the uptake there?

duh.

[babylonsister]

2. I hope he tells dimson that. And he's a failed has-been anyway.

Remind me why this admin continues to take his advice?

[seabeyond]

3. this is more ironic than it even sounds, only reason we lost vietnam

is because we pulled out. this si the new meme the last couple years which is a new way of seeing vietnam. the only reason we last is after 10 years we puled out. we are not to pull out of iraq cause the only reason we lost vietnam is we pulled out. 5 more years of war to make it to the ten year mark and we are not suppose to pull out because we did in vietnam

now it is kissinger who has been talking this to bushco all this time, and he is NOW saying we have lost this war?


just pisses me off

[LynnTheDem]

4. Kinda fucks up bush's "the only way we lose is if we leave" bullshit

Worst and stupidest "president". Ever.