Edward Luttwak on Henry Kissinger:
Kissinger at 88 is writing brochures for Kissinger Associates. His last book on China is one such work written by the staff at Kissinger Associates. It is designed to curry favor with the Chinese authorities and nothing else.
I know him personally very well, but he is such a deceptive person; he’s a habitual liar and dissembler. Although I’ve spent a lot of time talking to him, I have no insight on him at all. His book ends with a paean to U.S.-Chinese friendship and how every other country has to fit in. I have to review it for the TLS, but I’ve been delaying it by weeks because I don’t know whether it is a case of senility or utter corruption.
I wonder if Kissinger would consider this a compliment. Anyone can be transparent, but obfuscation requires sophistication.
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Source:
David Samuels, Q&A: Edward Luttwak, Tablet Magazine, Sept. 6, 2011.
Tags: Edward Luttwak, Henry Kissinger
