Tue May 9, 2023 – 1:29 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — In a surprising departure from the drumbeat of permanent war, former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has suggested the war against Russia may come to a negotiated end – with the help of China.
In a CBS interview reported by Newsweek on May 8, Kissinger said, “Now that China has entered the negotiation, it will come to a head, I think, by the end of the year,” and “We will be talking about negotiating processes and even actual negotiations.” Kissinger went further, offering to meet President Vladimir Putin himself in the capacity of an advisor.
It is an indication of the state of Western diplomacy that a 100-year-old man is the only senior diplomat in the West to suggest that talking to people might be useful.
A pattern of peace
Kissinger is not a neoconservative but what is called a “realist.” This is a position in diplomacy which recognizes that other nations exist to defend their own interests, just as yours.
He first called for a settlement of the U.S.-Russia war in May 2022, with a proposal which included the cessation of
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