Transatlantisches Vermächtnis in Fürth: Henry-Kissinger-Stiftung geplant
https://fuerthaktuell.de/?p=9180
#fürth #münchen #bayern #landkreisfürth #henrykissinger #kissinger #stiftung #sicherheitskonferenz #msc #transatlantisch #diplomatie #außenpolitik #deutschamerikanisch #internationaleverständigung #forschung #franken #mittelfranken #news
More generally: the #Trumpezoids (I do not assume that the critical decisions are made by Trump as an individual) seem to think they can wield American imperial power to accomplish frivolous goals, in ways that would have appalled #Polk or #Seward or #McKinley or #Kissinger — and that power will emerge from their misadventures undiminished.
It won't.
Uncover Nixon & Kissinger's shocking role in the 1971 Bangladesh genocide—ignoring warnings while backing Pakistan's massacres. Gary Bass's "The Blood Telegram" exposes it all via White House tapes. Must-read:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18213097-the-blood-telegram
@mossyrua That scenario is consistent with the general concept that the current performance of the #USA economy is much closer to its theoretical optimum potential than is the case for the economy of #Europe. The #USA currently benefits from an intricate network of alliances accumulated by decades or even centuries of astute empire building by people like #Seward, #McKinley, #Kissinger, etc. Trump is now squandering that. Meanwhile, #Europe hasn't even truly unified itself. It has a cornucopia of unrealized advantages to be gained — like an alliance with #China.
@InfoMgmtExec @georgetakei Yes, since the 1960s :blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
Back then they added a brand new prize to their #Nobel ceremony, Economic Sciences, so they could promote captalism.
And a few years later, in 1973, they gave prizes to Heinz Alfred #Kissinger (Peace) and to Nazi scientist Konrad #Lorenz (Medicine), basically honoring the bloody influence that radical German ideas often do have on our world.
@SueDiOh @noelreports
And I foolishly thought the #Nobel Committee awarding the #NPP to Henry #Kissinger was the most ludicrous decision they'd ever make and give them added pause when vetting nominees in the future.
NOPE. 🤦♂️ #Machado #Venezuela #NobelPeacePrize
@noelreports
The #Nobel Prize Committee says the prize "can not be revoked."
I'm thinking they may want to start reconsidering that position. #Machado #Venezuela #NPP #Kissinger
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2w94wp4p1o
@iamkonstantin CHARMING. Your client's entirely logical response to recent events says everything about the actual effects of #Trumpezoid policy. A competent #imperialist like Henry #Kissinger would be aghast at the waste of good will.
#Trump isn't building an #empire.
He's dismantling one.
@Remittancegirl One of the Emperor #Napoleon Bonaparte's advisers was said to have commented thus on his occupation of Spain:
"You can do anything with bayonets, Sire, except sit on them."
Henry #Kissinger would have understood that. The #Trumpezoids do not.
For people enamored of #imperialism, they are remarkably bad at it.
@emily_rugburn He wouldn't have opposed invasion and conquest on principle. His only principle was amoral realpolitik. But he would have understood that it was risky in the extreme, requiring a huge payoff to justify the risk. And the sheer INCOMPETENCE with which this particular adventure is being conducted would have fused his brain circuits. Similarly for the earlier adventure in bombing Iran. #Kissinger
He would also have realized that it was 2026, not 1926, and #WarForOil is less likely to be a winning strategy in the age of renewables than it would once have been.
Proven Oil Reserves 😳🤯😱
But?
Is it more about Petro dollars?
Madura was having the Chinese play in Yuans rather than dollars, upsetting the world order (at least from the US standpoint!)
He also wanted to bypass SWIFT and joining BRICS.
In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia: All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars, creating artificial worldwide demand for dollars.
Upsetting this US world order was more than enough to spark a takeover, something the United States has done repeatedly (see Iraq , Iran, Libya history.)
#Venezuela #Trump #Maduro #oilreserves #petrodollar #kissinger
For people who love to do #imperialism, these #Trumpezoids are remarkably bad at it. I can hardly imagine what Henry #Kissinger would have thought. The successful practice of empire requires stability and predictability — a sense that those who submit can actually avoid the very worst. It requires methodical planning, not lashing out. It also requires an air of invincibility — as opposed to things like bombing #Iran to no effect. (Remember THAT little adventure?)
With these bozos at the helm, the imperial ship of state has morphed into the Walloping Window Blind.
The Impeachment Papers A Compendium of Documents Related to the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump: Testimony by Fiona Hill, US Security Analyst
https://impeachmentpapers.dp.la/Text/body13_008.xhtml
#MonroeDoctrine #Venezuala #Ukraine #Kissinger #Geopolitics #Realpolitik #SpheresOfInfluence #Trump #Putrin
![Excerpt of Fiona Hill's testimony to Trump's 1st impeachment:
"And I was also told by Amos and other colleagues that they had some
linkages, so I also want to, you know, get you to step back at this period. This
is, you know, March, April, into May, where we were having a standoff over
Venezuela And the Russians at this particular juncture were signaling very
strongly that they wanted to somehow make some very strange swap
arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine.
In other words, if we were going to exert some semblance of the
Monroe Doctrine of. you know, Russia keeping out of our backyard, because
this is after the Russians had sent in these hundred operatives essentially to,
you know, basically secure the Venezuelan Government and, you know, to
preempt what they were obviously taking fo be some kind of U.S. military
action, they were basically signaling: You know, you have your Monroe
doctrine. You want us out of your backyard. Well, you know, we have our
own version of this. You're in our backyard in Ukraine. And we were getting
that sent to us, you know, kind of informally through channels. It was in the
Russian press, various commentators.
And Twas asked fo go out to Russia in this timeframe to basically tell
the Russians to knock this off. I was given a special assignment by the
National Security Council with the agreement with the State Department to
get the Russians to back off [...]"](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/836/448/495/355/383/original/98a1c4b28160acd2.jpg)
Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer || by
Heather Cox Richardson [31min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu9QSeAI22I
Absolute worth to listen to.
#Venezuela #Imperialism #Trump #Kissinger #SpheresOfInfluence #'Geopolitics
Yesterday in Labor History, November 29, 2023: Mass murderer and War Criminal Henry Kissinger is finally dead!
He won the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Lê Đức Thọ, for their work in orchestrating a ceasefire in the Vietnam War. Two Nobel Prize committee members resigned in protest. During his diplomatic career, Kissinger was involved in orchestrating and/or supporting the Chilean coup and Pinochet dictatorship (over 3,000 killed); the Argentine Dirty War (up to 30,000 killed); the Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh (3 million killed); and the Genocide in East Timor (up to 300,000 killed).
#kissinger #WarCrimes #genocide #HumanRights #imperialism #MassMurder #dictatorship #NobelPrize #vietnam #chile #EastTimor #bangladesh #argentina
Happy #Kissinger is Dead Day to all who celebrate. If you're not celebrating, what's wrong with you? November 29th is the best day of the year by far.
I give a free free follow back to any and all who have the good taste to observe, loudly and proudly, with all the joy this holy occasion merits.
Happy 2nd Dead #Kissinger Day! 🥳
