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As China’s Best Friend, Kissinger Still Wants World Government by John F. McManus Tuesday, 25 August 2009
In a recent message sent across the land, Henry Kissinger pointed out, in his August 19th article for the “Real Clear World” blogsite, entitled “Forging a New Agenda with China” … We should forge what any competent observer of the financial world knows only too well: America’s indebtedness has spawned many problems. For one, he suggested that the nearly $1 trillion of U.S. debt held by China indicates that “Chinese influence in global economic decision-making needs to be enlarged.” Not as worried about the enormous debt itself, he worries about its effect on China and on Chinese-U.S. relations.
The author says to keep this in mind, as he concludes his article: Henry Kissinger has built a personal fortune through his relationship with China. While he certainly recognizes that the enormous U.S. indebtedness to his friends in Beijing has altered the power structure involving the two nations, he nowhere calls on America’s leaders to cease creating debt, and to cease placing America’s future in the hands of a regime led by the bloodiest murderers the world has ever known.
Source > http://www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/5269
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U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record by Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — With the deaths of four U.S. soldiers Tuesday, the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan now has lost more troops this year than in all of 2008, and August is on track to be the deadliest month for American troops there since U.S. operations began nearly eight years ago. The numbers reflect the rising pace of combat in Afghanistan and come at a difficult time, just as Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is considering asking for more U.S. troops even as opinion polls show that a majority of Americans think the war in Afghanistan isn't worth the cost. Underscoring the deteriorating situation, a massive explosion late Tuesday shook the southern city of Kandahar, leveling dozens of businesses as people were breaking the daylong fast of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Local officials said at least 37 civilians were killed and another 100 were injured.
Source > http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/74342.html