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icle 7. EFTA_R1_02031576 EFTA02690685 Article 1. The Washington Post Avoiding a summer of blood David Ignatius June 22 -- "Peace is at hand," Henry Kissinger famously announced in October 1972 after a seeming breakthrough in Vietnam negotiations. But it wasn't at hand. It took three more months to compl

id Ignatius June 22 -- "Peace is at hand," Henry Kissinger famously announced in October 1972 after a seemi

ing neighbors for help. EFTA_R1_02031577 EFTA02690686 3 America's secret contacts with the Taliban have made progress partly because President Hamid Karzai wants them to succeed and, perhaps more important, because India, Pakistan, Russia and China are also supporting the outreach process — with silent

ave made progress partly because President Hamid Karzai wants them to succeed and, perhaps more importan

Asia and the Persian Gulf', The Review of International Affairs, Vol. 2, Number 4, Summer 2003, pp.32-33. 4 Stephen Graubard, 'Lunch with the Fr: Henry Kissinger', Financial Times, 24 May 2008. http://www.fLeorrdintllerns/s/0/6d4b51b8-285a-1 I dd-8fle-000077b07658.htmlikumlvle5QutM. Accessed on 15 May 2012.

. This is what former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger expressed during a lunch organised by the Financ

ressure on the Northern Alliance during the Bonn Conference. They made sure that their Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara allies would accept the leadership of Hamid Karzai, with whom they did not want to share power at first. On this issue again, the US and Iran were having the same vision: a more centralised Afghanist

supremacists. In fact, as Afghan trade is now very dependent on Iran, to close the Iran- Afghanistan border would be enough to put great pressure on Karzai68. By talking to the neo- Taliban, the Iranians are doing no more than what the Americans, the Pakistanis, and even the Russians69 are already doing,

but they never quite step up to the task of jointly solving problems. It seems they prefer to let things fester rather than take decisive action. Henry Kissinger argues in his new book, "On China," that the Chinese are culturally unfamiliar with the experience of being allies. Other nations were regarded chi

tribute payments to the Middle Kingdom, and China didn't even have a foreign ministry EFTA_R1_02029354 EFTA02689729 22 until the 19th century, Kissinger says. The Obama administration may be asking for a kind of cooperation that China does not yet know how to give. The same partnership deficit has

ecretary Leon Panetta will remain low-key during this round. He doesn't want to alienate his new Pentagon home or undercut Obama. As for President Karzai of Afghanistan, his course is certain: Scream against large- scale withdrawals. One final piece of the July formula that remains to be developed is

ot defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve signi

ests. The current U.S. counterinsurgency strategy appears likely to fail. Washington and its allies will not defeat the Taliban militarily. President Hamid Karzai's corrupt government is unlikely to improve significantly. The Afghan National Army cannot take over combat missions from the U.S. in southern and ea

women to combat. Robert D. Blackwill is Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Coun

orry what he will do if and when he confronts the next crisis which could involve committing American men and women to combat. Robert D. Blackwill is Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy national security adviser for strategic planning, amba

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030156 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2 Article 1. The Washington Post Avoiding a summer of blood David Ignatius June 22 -- "Peace is at hand," Henry Kissinger famously announced in October 1972 after a seeming breakthrough in Vietnam negotiations. But it wasn't at hand. It took three more months to complete

vid Ignatius June 22 -- "Peace is at hand," Henry Kissinger famously announced in October 1972 after a seemin

ghbors for help. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030157 --- PAGE BREAK --- 3 America's secret contacts with the Taliban have made progress partly because President Hamid Karzai wants them to succeed and, perhaps more important, because India, Pakistan, Russia and China are also supporting the outreach process - with silent a

have made progress partly because President Hamid Karzai wants them to succeed and, perhaps more important

Afghanistan has achieved stability or that Hamid Karzai's government can stand on its own without U.S. as

operations raids have taken a harsh toll on al Qaeda, it may be difficult for Obama to make the case that Afghanistan has achieved stability or that Hamid Karzai's government can stand on its own without U.S. assistance. Relations with Pakistan have deteriorated significantly under Obama's tenure, particularly f

long-term global strategy. Must the US, as Henry Kissinger suggests in his latest book On China, consider th

n Iran's nuclear ambitions. But it is in Asia that history is unfolding - and where the US must define its long-term global strategy. Must the US, as Henry Kissinger suggests in his latest book On China, consider the prospect of a "Pacific Community" that, unlike the Cold War-era Atlantic Community, is not based o