House Calls

When Henry Kissinger makes the news, as he has for the last thirty years, I am always reminded of Dr. Strangelove, the paranoid ex-Nazi and advisor to the President played brilliantly by Peter Sellers. Bobwood tells us the Doctor is again in the House advising The Decider on Iraq. His prescription is, of course, victory at any cost which is basically the same thing he told Dicky back in the day. But as we all know, it just got too hot for DIcky domestically and he had to start drawing down under the cover of a massive carpet bombing of the north. The big difference between then and now is the absence of the draft. Because only volunteers are getting bagged, there is a disconnect between stateside Americans satiated by booze and ballgames and our gallant lads in uniform. Sure there is plenty of oral service on the waves, but the war in Iraq does not touch as many American families as 'Nam did. Its time America moved on from the days of the Cold War and gave Henry a rest. His advice is too old school to be relevant.