Kissinger War criminal on Warpath ... as usual

82 year old Henry Kissinger (see pic) spoke to top NATO officers and officials in Brussels today.

He is reported by AP as warning against an early withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces from Iraq, this would, he claims, bolster insurgents and terrorists worldwide, causing instability across the Middle East.

He also warned that European Union nations and Washington needed to find another way to get Iran to stop the development of its nuclear program, which the EU and US fear is being used to make nuclear weapons. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. (As would Israel if they had one)

He warned that calls for an early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq would have disastrous consequences for regional stability, he made clear Friday that supported Bush's Iraq policy …. Whatever it is.

"To argue that a collapse of the United States in Iraq would not have consequences ... is simply living in a dream world," the secret bomber of Canbodia and Laos said. "Shockwaves would ripple throughout the Islamic world."

He claims that US allies such as Saudi and Egypt would face more opposition and terrorists — because they would be encouraged by an early withdrawal of the American military from Iraq.

The geriatric statesman, and Nobel peace Prize winner , speaking from just this side of the grave, said upcoming U.S. congressional elections would have an effect on the debate of how long U.S. troops would remain in Iraq.

Very sensibly the German born, heavily accented Kissinger did not touch on the delicate issue of Uncle Sam's European allies should contribute more troops to rebuilding Iraq, nor did he suggest NATO take a larger role in Iraq.

In October Nato opened a training academy for the Iraqi military, with the object of training 1,000 officers a year, as part of NATO's very limited role there. The 26-nation alliance will also supply equipment, such as 77 used 77 Hungarian T-72 tanks now en route for Iraq, said U.S. Gen. James L. Jones, NATO's supreme commander in Europe.

Kissinger highlighted the challenges ahead, pointing out that European Governments had to accept that their continent was no longer Washington's top priority. Their key focus now was the rise of China and India and other Asian powers.

European countries and the United States, however, had to work closer together to coordinate new policies for Asia and for other top issues such as terrorism and nuclear proliferation, he said.

"There is not the commitment to the Atlantic alliance that there was before," he said. The question would be whether nations bordering the Atlantic would "be able to develop cohesion and coordination to address so vast an agenda." … presumably he was banging on about world domination again. His life leitmotif..

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