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Kissinger's New Domino Theory Former secretary of state, national security adviser and (!) nobel peace prize winner Henry Kissinger recently gave an interview to the Hoover Institute where he basically spelled out a new domino theory, although he does not use that exact term, justifying continued American involvement in Iraq. The exchange starting at 20 seconds is: Interviewer: America is exhausted by the war, every poll indicates that, but a political solution in Iraq remains elusive, at best. What is to be done?Kissinger has endorsed McCain, and they seem to be in step in justifying continued involvement in Iraq based on the presence of groups like Al Qaeda, using the actions of these terrorist groups to bolster their agenda in the region. Jon Stewart touched on the flipside of this equation in an interview with McCain on last night's "the daily show": Bin Laden using the Bush administration policies as a recruiting tool: Starting around 4:30: Jon Stewart: Don't you think that these past few years, in terms of a recruiting tool for Bin Laden and Al Qaeda...Stewart is only pointing out the obvious, echoing experts like Michael Scheuer who have said that the Iraq war was the christmas gift Bin Laden never would have expected and that the war has validated everything bin Laden said. There is a sinister symmetry here, each group using the threat of the other to rally their base and bolster their agendas. Will the world keep letting them?
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