Friday, June 16, 2023

Henry Kissinger Believes Military Conflict Between China And Taiwan Is Likely If Tensions Continue On Their Current Course

 

Bloomberg: Kissinger Sees War Over Taiwan Likely Unless US, China Back Down 

 (Bloomberg) -- Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said he believes military conflict between China and Taiwan is likely if tensions continue on their current course, though he still holds out for dialogue that will lead to deescalation — as he’s been urging. 

“On the current trajectory of relations, I think some military conflict is probable,” Kissinger said in an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, when asked about the possibility that China would invade Taiwan. “But I also think the current trajectory of relations must be altered.” 

The remarks, delivered as Kissinger looked back on his life and career soon after his 100th birthday, were some of his most downbeat about the state of relations between China and the US, which has vowed to back Taiwan in the event China attacks. Kissinger said it was up to both Washington and Beijing to step back from their standoff, which he said was at “the top of a precipice.”  

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Update: US and China ‘on precipice’ of conflict – Kissinger (RT)  

WNU Editor: The former US Secretary of State also said this .... Vladimir Putin is a ‘Dostoevsky-type figure’ whose survival is ‘improbable’ if Ukraine prevails, Henry Kissinger says (Fortune/Bloomberg).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Why when we are at this site constantly reminded that Biden is very old do we now get the wit and wisdom of a man just turned 100?
Henry makes Biden seem just out of high school.