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“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.” ― Henry Kissinger, Nobel peace prize laureate, War criminal.
by 4gotunameagain 3y ago
“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”
― Henry Kissinger, Nobel peace prize laureate, War criminal.
- 0xDEF 3y agoThat (taken out of context quote) was true during the Cold War because of the cynical realpolitik that Kissinger himself was a proponent of. For example he was against the US supporting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur war. That would likely have led to Israel being wiped out but not before launching nuclear missiles at Arab states and the Eastern European Soviet/Warsaw pact states that were supporting and arming the Arab states. Knowing Kissinger that was most likely his goal; lose Israel but turn every major industrial center in the Soviet Union and Warsaw pact into nuclear wasteland.
- reducesuffering 3y agoUse the full quote, don't be misleading. "Word should be gotten to Nixon that if Thieu meets the same fate as Diem, the word will go out to the nations of the world that it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” It was obviously a hypothetical, "if we let this happen, countries will lose trust in being a friend."
- fortzi 3y agoWill you update your comment to include the full quote? This is very misleading. Is that on purpose?