[Olog-hai]

Sure, our natural allies always chant “Death To America”, Mr. Fifth Columnist.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why isn’t Hank dead?

[a fool in paradise]

Is he having a 60s flashback???

[CountryClassSF]

Sounds like he’s lost his marbles.

[Flag_This]

He’s old - he thinks the Shah is still in charge.

[tumblindice]

Did someone dig him up for Halloween? I thought Henry checked out not long after Studio 54 closed down. What is he now, about a hundred?

[garjog]

Senility happens.

[joshua c]

The people of Iran are actually pro-Western. The religious leadership is the “Death to America” crowd.

Ever wonder why Obama did not lift a finger when the Iranian people were fighting against the government?

[mrsmith]

Nations, like people, don’t always- or even usually- act in their best interest.

[Bobalu]

There is much truth in what Mr Kissinger says.
The majority of the Iranian people are pro-western.

Jimmy “The Fool” Carter is the one who blundered and turned an ally into an enemy. The Iranian people have been suffering due to Carter’s idiocy for a long time now.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

The people of Iran are very pro-Western. Much more so than almost any other ME country.

It would change the dynamics of the situation and as it currently sits, a nuclear Iran is the single greatest threat to world stability.

[Seaplaner]

I think that he's saying that the peeps and their deep culture that are our natural allies, and it's the "ideological, religious component that makes it an antagonist...".

Maybe?

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[Shadow44]

The educated half of Iran is a natural ally, unfortunately there’s a large enough segment that is religious enough to support the regime.

Unlike our alliance of convenience with the Saudis, whose population pretty much universally is at odds with the West.

[yldstrk]

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[BenLurkin]

“It’s the ideological, religious component that makes it an antagonist,”

That’s not going to change any time soon, Hank.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

ut basically, as a country, Iran is a natural ally of the United States. It’s the ideological, religious component that makes it an antagonist,” said Kissinger

Yup, aside from that "component" which makes Iran hate women, other religions, the 21st century and the US, it's our natural ally. Why, it could be right up there with Pakistan, another of our great natural allies. All we need to do is unplug that inconvenient "component" and Iran will love us back.

I'm not sure at what point in history the US State Deprtment and foreign policy establishment decided to turn their backs on reality, but it isn't working and it continues to get Americans killed.

[DoughtyOne]

I believe the people of Iran are much more in favor of good relations with the U. S. than the leadership is.

The people of Iran remember the relations under the Shah. The leadership isn’t going to play into that.

So Kissinger is right, but what can you do about it. Eventually the leadership will change, at least I hope it does.

If it doesn’t, there will never be good relations between us. So that makes Kissinger’s comments mute.

[going hot]

“As long as he USA is ruled by the liberal socialists and bases itself on its socialist Marxist philosophy, we have to be careful.

But basically, as a country, USA is the natural place for freedom to exist.

It’s the ideological, liberal socialist religious component that makes it an antagonist,” should have been said by Henry the K, who served as Secretary of State for the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations, and represented the US at Paris, arguing about the shape of the table, unlike Kerry, who actually served there, in Viet Nam,(you know). …

[Bubba_Leroy]

Iran was an ally until Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah of Iran. An anti-communist that recognized Isreal, opposed Muslim extremists and attempted to modernize Iran. Clearly he had to go.

[Windflier]

Good lord. Like Carter, this evil monster just won’t crawl away and die somewhere.

I’ve had an intense dislike of that man since Nixon’s time.

[raj bhatia]

He is spot on. They may chant death to America but the animals who burnt 3000 Americans alive are our great friends with whom we share an intimate relationship: Saudi Arabia. There is nothing more Saudi Arabia would hate than a normal US-Iran relationship and it gives us a valuable card. Do everything to undermine these thugs.