re: "The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order" Henry Kissinger, WSJ

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Say what you want about Kissinger---nobody understands world affairs better.

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Yeah he’s a real American patriot.....one of the true believers in the NWO/Globalist agenda.

Gosh. It seems like yesterday when Kiss was opening up world relations with China to get the whole party started. Respect only for the eloquent way in which he convinced Americans to buy in to globalization. Wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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I disagree. Look at the US companies on the Fortune 500. They absolutely depends on globalism.

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False. They could easily restructure and they will in the near future.

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Amazon as a company is more powerful than some states (and Nations)

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And literally all of their sales occur where?

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Well I am waiting. What is globalism?

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In the political context, it's an ideology followed by the world's political elite in their quest for attaining total power, control, and financial hegemony over all nations.

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The pandemic has prompted an anachronism, a revival of the walled city in an age when prosperity depends on global trade and movement of people.

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So are you a globalist such as Kissenger, Soros, Obama, Merkel?

Didn’t read.. still shocked he’s still alive!

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So are you a globalist such as Kissenger

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Yes. He is a free trader. He is not a one world government guy like Soros, Obama and Merkel.

He was quite ruthless in looking out for the USA in his role as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State.

from wiki

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US government documents later declassified reveal that nuclear weapons were considered for Operation Duck Hook.[2] An attachment to a memo from US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to Nixon asked, "Should we be prepared to use nuclear weapons?" The memo warned that "Since we cannot confidently predict the exact point at which Hanoi could be likely to respond positively, we must be prepared to play out whatever string necessary." Kissinger's memo also stated that "To achieve its full effect on Hanoi's thinking, the action must be brutal." [emphasis in original]

A few days earlier, a document from two of Kissinger's aides, Roger Morris and Anthony Lake, stated that the President must be prepared "to decide beforehand, the fateful question of how far we will go. He cannot, for example, confront the issue of using tactical nuclear weapons in the midst of the exercise. He must be prepared to play out whatever string necessary in this case." The identical wording in the Kissinger memo makes clear Kissinger was referring to the nuclear question when he called for playing out "whatever string necessary."

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Because we barely get any economic benefit from the world system. 98% of consumption for US companies occurs IN THE US.

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Fact or your opinion? NTL how would we produce more to replace imports if 98% of our resources are already devoted to the US market?

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And we've been paying the bill on military protections on every trade route on the face of the earth for the last 20 years and a large chunk of earth since ww2 ended.

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And what does that have to do with anything? We can quit this tomorrow--and I wholeheartedly want to see us reduce our military obligations in a huge way. If we are the customers don't you think the buyers will find a way to get the product to us and protect the passage??

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You really have no knowledge of geopolitics at all

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Tell me, why can't you set up your company in another country that allows trade with China un-tariffed

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because of US regulations---some of the same ones that force me to buy inputs in China. Only about 30% of our finished product is imported but my own business has nothing to do with how I think on this except that it has given me certain experiences in dealing with other countries. Have you ever dealt with any purchasing for a company you own??? or have simply concentrated on building your vast experience in geopolitics??

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Are you okay with the Chinese placing tariffs on our goods while we put no tariffs on theirs?

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Where is the logic that we should punish Americans with tariffs simply because another country punishes their citizens with tariffs???

I hope that no one is inferring that China is the means to successful trade in Asia. I, do one, have maintained an isolationist stance with regard to China for several reasons including but not limited to human rights violations. There are far more opportunities available without having to deal with the Chinese.