Crisis of American Superpower
Jon Stewart interviews Zbigniew Brzezinski- foreign policy Professor, author and National Security Advisor to President Carter.
"I think there is a potential, a residual potential for recovery after 2008, because this is still... a very decent country, but also sad to say, a very ignorant country about the world. We have to survive the next 20 months without the war in Iraq expanding, drawing us into conflict nearby, specifically in Iran. Because if we do that, quite seriously now, if we do that, I think we’ll be bogged down for the next 20 years in a war that spans Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and probably Pakistan and that will be the end of American global supremacy.”-Zbigniew Brzezinski
Labels: war
posted by Arthur Josephson @ 10:46 AM
4 Comments:
Fascinating interview - there's also an interview between Jon Stewart and John Bolton - a great public grilling. Just google 'John Bolton Jon Stewart' and check it out.
Actually, I found it one of the rare interviews where Jon doesn't dominate his rival- however it is revealed in the next show that a number of Jon's points that Bolton denies as being "historically incorrect" are actually totally true. Still, Jon should have nailed him- probably not used to arguing with someone who spews forth so much unabashed confidence and fallacious argument.
An interesting interview. My sister has a copy of his book "The Grand Failure", which apparently predicted the downfall of the soviet union... sounds like a good read.
On a separate note, this here's a good interview between Al Sharpton and Christopher Hitchens, and they discuss many aspects regarding Hitchens new book "God is Not Great". I've been lurking on your blog for a little while now and this interview looks like it might be your cup of tea.
http://www.fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1007
Hey thanks for the link. I will def check it out. Will be pleasantly surprised if it can generate more light than heat. Hitchens is an interesting character- he seems genuinely open to real debate. However, few tend to bring it to him, and then the competition of who can be the most outraged takes over.
Hope you're enjoying the blog. Peace.
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