Sunday September 23, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Last week NY Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams ran a very short item which knocked my socks off.

The gossip queen of New York City quoted a conversation with Henry Kissinger. Kissinger needs no introduction, for the past few decades the free world has hung on to almost every word, certainly every diplomatic comment, he has made.

I found this particular comment to be more than disturbing. On September 17th Adams wrote: "Reported to me, Henry Kissinger has stated - and I quote the statement word for word: 'In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.'

I repeat: 'In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.'" Even uttering the words is almost beyond fathomable.

There was no real context for the quote other than to say that given the situation with Iran and what at the Democratic National Convention regarding their platform and Israel, Kissinger felt compelled to tell Adams his point of view.

Yes, Israel is confronting great risks and Iran's potential for nuclear weapon is one of them. And there are certainly forces on the fringe of the Democratic Party not friendly to Israel. But making that leap and predicting that Israel will be destroyed is very dangerous and even irresponsible.

People listen to Kissinger. People - both people on the street and people in position to make important decisions trust his analysis.

Given what the former secretary of state, Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomat par excellence has said, why would anyone invest in or aid Israel to the tune of billions of dollars per year as we do, if there is no future there beyond a single decade.

Even if he believed what he said, it was wrong to say. Certainly, dropping this bomb shell to a gossip columnist, as credible as Cindy Adams is, was inappropriate.

Self fulfilling prophecies is not just a throw away phrase.

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