Is Henry Kissinger Advising The U.S. Government On Russia And Syria?

Henry Kissinger, chairman of Kissinger Associates, speaks during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener

John Kerry Gets Advice From Henry Kissinger On Dealing With Russia Ahead Of Crunch Talks Over Syria With Putin's Foreign Minister -- Daily Mail

Secretary of State John Kerry will host Nixon-era Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for a meeting Wednesday, just one day before he is due to lock horns with the Russian foreign minister over the Syria crisis.

Kissinger, best known as the 1970s diplomat who crafted the U.S.-Soviet détente and helped open China to the West, suggested during the summer that Syria should be broken up into separate nations for its varied religious and ethnic groups.

He has generally been supportive, however, of military strikes against the Bashar al-Assad regime, warning that doing nothing would be 'catastrophic.'

'It would be a demonstration that after the president has publicly drawn a red line, he cannot get congressional support for a policy that has been unchallenged with respect to chemical weapons,' Kissinger told BBC Radio 4's Today program on Sept. 4.

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My Comment: I am old enough to remember when the anti-war/liberal left hated Henry Kissinger .... and now they are embracing him for advice. The times are certainly changing.

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Canadian Premier Harper skips UN General Assembly to get Jewish award

 

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives a speech after receiving an award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in New York City, September 27, 2012

Photo Description: Pissed Off Canadian!

News Source: Press TV

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/09/28/263916/canada-pm-shuns-un-to-get-jewish-award/

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has come under fire for skipping the 67th session of the UN General Assembly to attend a private ceremony where he received an award from a Jewish-sponsored organization.

Passing up the opportunity to address the General Assembly, Harper chose to receive the New York-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) award from former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Thursday.

The Canadian official seized the opportunity to level criticism at the UN and accused its members of using the world body as a “forum to single out Israel for criticism.”

Harper further added that the policies of the Israeli regime are not to blame for “the pathologies present in that part of the world,” while reaffirming Canada’s support for Tel Aviv.

However, the Canadian prime minister’s decision not to speak at the opening of the General Assembly drew harsh criticism in Canada from opposition leaders, who called the move “absolutely ridiculous.”

“I think the message is that Canada, that the Harper government doesn’t care about the United Nations,” said Bob Rae, the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

This is the second consecutive year that Harper has shunned the UN event, preferring to send Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in his place.

Many in Canada are concerned about Harper’s conservative policies as he is also accused of locking his government behind a wall of secrecy, defunding democratic institutions and giving away Canada’s sovereignty to the UK and the Israeli regime.

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