Always seeking the road back to his jet-setting, glitterati days of yore, flamboyant Super 70's superstar Henry "Super K" Kissinger is now splashing around Iraq opinions like handfuls of Hai Karate. Willing to do whatever it takes to get himself back in the public eye, next up for Henry: a commercial for Old Navy wherein he'll touch their new line of $19.99 crew-neck tees and proclaim them "aphrodisiacs."
Hopefully he'll get an elder statesman gig in Outer Botswana that'll keep him busy. I've no nostalgia for the guy.
(Pic via The Memory Hole.)
Posted by floridacracker at November 21, 2006 01:13 PMwtf..need some Tabasco wit dat Super K ??
Posted by: csason at November 21, 2006 02:37 PMK-Hen is actually the most intellectually astute foreign policy wonk and diplomat of my lifetime (1960--present). He simply knows his stuff. He is also a true political creature, AKA "realist", which, while making him predictable, is not necessarily always a good thing. He dealt admirably with China, within the constraints of the mood--and political reality--of the day.
That said, I'm not sitting around pining away for the days of detente, either.
Posted by: Jeff H at November 21, 2006 02:51 PMLike Carter, he's a piss-stain with way too much influence, then and now.
Posted by: richard at November 21, 2006 09:40 PMThat's how I feel about it too. He was the only dude in the advice biz for a long time. His advice wasn't all that great either, imho.
Can't say I'm a big fan of his version of realpolitik.