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'Obama Is Like a Chess Player' (Henry Kissinger)
Der Spiegel ^ | Jul 6, 2009 | Jan Fleischhauer and Gabor Steingart

Posted on 07/07/2009 12:39:15 PM PDT by decimon

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 86, discusses the painful lessons of the Treaty of Versailles, idealism in politics and Obama's opportunity to forge a peaceful American foreign policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; kissinger
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1 posted on 07/07/2009 12:39:15 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

oh boy


2 posted on 07/07/2009 12:41:13 PM PDT by TheRiverNile
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To: decimon

Kissinger is a left-wing one-worlder. I wish this old fart would kick.


3 posted on 07/07/2009 12:41:30 PM PDT by kingpins10
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To: TheRiverNile

I thought he was dead.


4 posted on 07/07/2009 12:41:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: decimon

If he means a chess player like Terry Schiavo, then yes, I agree.


5 posted on 07/07/2009 12:43:56 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: decimon

Henry..please... your time has passed. Please go retire now.


6 posted on 07/07/2009 12:44:18 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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To: decimon

I thought Bambi was playing Solo Monopoly?


7 posted on 07/07/2009 12:44:22 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: TheRiverNile

Kissinger must have meant that Obama is like a “bad” chess player and needs to learn the game.


8 posted on 07/07/2009 12:48:54 PM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: ScottinVA
Henry..please... your time has passed. Please go retire now.

On any normal job, when you leave it's soon as though you never existed. These guys never go away.

9 posted on 07/07/2009 12:49:51 PM PDT by decimon
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WRONG Henry. obama is a kid who took lessons in CHECKERS and now thinks he can join the game of Chess being played by the world’s experts.


10 posted on 07/07/2009 12:50:00 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: decimon

And Kissinger is a f***** idiot


11 posted on 07/07/2009 12:50:16 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: decimon

Oh, I get it....he’s so smart that nobody can see all the good he’s doing because he’s doing it in such a brilliant way that nobody can tell that he’s doing something good because we can’t see the man behind the curtain and in due time all will become clear and everything will be good and we’ll all be rich and happy and there will be total peace. Or something.


12 posted on 07/07/2009 12:50:16 PM PDT by clintonh8r (General James Mattoon Scott: Where are you now that we need you?!)
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To: kingpins10
Kissinger is a left-wing one-worlder. I wish this old fart would kick.

When he does kick, the reaction will probably be like that for McNamara.

13 posted on 07/07/2009 12:51:30 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Yah - more like a *checkers* playa - “King ME!”


14 posted on 07/07/2009 12:52:07 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor has no pedigree.)
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To: clintonh8r
Or something.

Right.

15 posted on 07/07/2009 12:52:39 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Headline is misleading. The real story is: “Obambi can play Chutes and Ladders but the rest of the world plays chess.”


16 posted on 07/07/2009 12:53:16 PM PDT by philled (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-- GB Shaw)
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To: decimon

One of the original globalists...what’s the matter Henry, Bilderbergers got you bored?


17 posted on 07/07/2009 12:55:54 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (I hear the words of Jefferson louder and louder as each day passes)
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To: decimon
Never bring a chessboard to a gunfight!

Regards,

18 posted on 07/07/2009 12:56:23 PM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: decimon
Yeah, he is like someboy who tries to play chess and gets his ass kicked.

Μολὼν λάβε


19 posted on 07/07/2009 12:58:02 PM PDT by wastoute (translation of tag "Come and get them (bastards)" and the Scout Motto)
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To: decimon
In context, Kissinger didn't say Obama was a good chess player.

He basically said it remains to be seen whether Obama backs up his words with good chess moves.

20 posted on 07/07/2009 1:02:54 PM PDT by what's up
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