Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has argued that the United States is more divided today than it was during the Vietnam War.
“Yes, incomparably more than the Vietnam War,” Kissinger told the Times when asked about it.
Kissinger explained that in the early 1970s, bipartisan cooperation was still possible in the United States, and that “national interest” was a “meaningful” concept that was not in itself debatable.
And the former minister believes that “every government in the United States today is facing ‘persistent hostility’ from the opposition built on different foundations.
According to Kissinger, “expecting China to become ‘Western’ is an irrational strategy.”
He added: “He does not believe that world domination is a Chinese concept, but he believes that China can be very powerful.
“This is not in America’s interest,” he said.
“The United States can not differentiate between China and Russia,” Kissinger said.
He added: “The geopolitical situation in the world after the end of the war in Ukraine will change and it is natural that the interests of Russia and China are not the same in all matters.
Kissinger does not believe in “creating factors that differentiate between China and Russia” as much as the United States, but “factors and conditions play a natural role.”
It is noteworthy that Kissinger, a veteran American diplomat, during his tenure as Secretary of State under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, greatly influenced some of the most important political events of the 1970s. left some thing.
Source: Lebanon Debate
