World View: Henry Kissinger Says Vladimir Putin Wants a Way Out

World View: Henry Kissinger Says Vladimir Putin Wants a Way Out

by John J. Xenakis 7 Mar 2014, 3:28 AM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/03/06/7-Mar-14-World-View-Crimea-votes-to-secede-from-Ukraine-galvanizing-US-and-EU

Henry Kissinger says that Vladimir Putin wants a way out

Henry Kissinger is the most brilliant geopolitical analyst that I've seen in my lifetime, so what he says, even when counter-intuitive, is likely to be correct. He was interviewed on TV by Charlie Rose on Thursday, and said the following:

"No Russian I've ever met finds it easy, or even possible, to consider Ukraine a totally separate country. It was part of Russia for 300 years. The history of Russia and Ukraine have been intertwined for several hundred years before that. So the evolution of Ukraine is a matter that moves all Russians."

As I described yesterday, Russia is claiming that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, and that the Russian-speaking troop-like people are really local militias over which Russia has no control.

As I said, this is a blatant lie, as many reporters have spoken to Russian soldiers in Crimea who SAY that they're Russian soldiers. According to some estimates there are 16,000 Russian soldiers in Crimea.

Kissinger says that lying about the soldiers is cynical, but it's a good sign, because it provides a way for Russia to back down. Russia's president Vladimir Putin is going to suffer a major loss of prestige over the Ukraine crisis, no matter how it turns out, according to Kissinger, and Putin knows this. So far, Putin has done what he was forced to do. But now, since he's said that there are no Russian soldiers in Crimea, he doesn't have to issue a public order for the Russian soldiers to evacuate. Instead, he can just allow them to melt into the population. Although Putin will suffer some loss of prestige from this outcome, it's not as bad as other scenarios, according to Kissinger.

Kissinger also commented on Thursday's hour-long phone call between president Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. Kissinger said that he's always advised presidents he's worked for not to talk to other heads of state, unless their staffs had done a lot of preparation in advance. "There's a danger when you put two egos together, and they talk unprepared. If they disagree about something, then to whom will they be able to appeal to get a resolution?"

Henry Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, the Climate Reality Project, the Urban Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.

Thomas R. Pickering is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a co-chair for the International Crisis Group, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Russia.

Michael K. Powell is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is Colin L. Powell’s son.

Colin L. Powell is Michael K. Powell’s father, an overseer at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Charles P. Rose Jr. is an investor in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the executive producer & host for the Charlie Rose Show, and a friend of Warren E. Buffett.

Warren E. Buffett is a friend of Charles P. Rose Jr., a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and an underwriter for the Nuclear Tipping Point.

Ted Turner is an underwriter for the Nuclear Tipping Point, and the founder of CNN.

Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for CNN, and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).  

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is interviewed in the Nuclear Tipping Point, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

William J. Perry is interviewed in the Nuclear Tipping Point, and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George P. Shultz is interviewed in the Nuclear Tipping Point, an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Richard H. Davis is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a managing director at Davis Manafort.

Viktor F. Yanukovich is a Davis Manafort client, and was the president of the Ukraine.