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Kissinger has met with Russian leader [[Vladimir Putin]] on several occasions in an attempt to buttress US-Russian relations. Noting that the US has no border with Russia nor designs on Russian territory, as well as Russia's frontiers with both the Islamic world and China; Kissinger believes that the United States and Russia have compatible interests.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1691285-1,00.html></ref> He is apparently well-liked by some in the Russian press.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/europe/07russiasumm.html?_r=1 Although Russian TV calls him a "war criminal" due to his imaginary crimes in Vietnam and Cambodia.</ref>
Kissinger has met with Russian leader [[Vladimir Putin]] on several occasions in an attempt to buttress US-Russian relations. Noting that the US has no border with Russia nor designs on Russian territory, as well as Russia's frontiers with both the Islamic world and China; Kissinger believes that the United States and Russia have compatible interests.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1691285-1,00.html></ref> He is apparently well-liked by some in the Russian press.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/europe/07russiasumm.html?_r=1 Although Russian TV calls him a "war criminal" due to his imaginary crimes in Vietnam and Cambodia.</ref>
Kissinger has strongly supported the foreign policy of President Bush, writing:
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Extraordinary advances of democracy have occurred in recent months: elections in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, and Palestine; local elections in Saudi Arabia; Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon; the opening up of the presidential election in Egypt; and upheavals against entrenched authoritarians in Kyrgyzstan. This welcome trend was partly triggered by President Bush’s Middle East policy and accelerated by his second inaugural address, which elevated the progress of freedom in the world to the defining objective of U.S. foreign policy.
Pundits have interpreted these events as a victory of “idealists” over “realists” in the debate over conduct of American foreign policy. In fact, the United States is probably the only country in which “realist” can be used as a pejorative epithet. No serious realist should claim that power is its own justification. No idealist should imply that power is irrelevant to the spread of ideals. The real issue is to establish a sense of proportion between these two essential elements of policy. Overemphasis of either leads to stagnation or overextension.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/wp051605.html</ref>
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He added in a seperate piece:
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President Bush's visit has brought relations between India and the United States to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence, which promises to make a seminal contribution to international peace and prosperity.
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Kissinger believes that the consequences of defeat in Iraq would be worse than the consequences of defeat in Vietnam.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/interviews/FinancialTimes240508.html</ref>
Kissinger returned to teaching for a time after he left office, and today gives eloquent lectures and speeches across the United States. He has appeared regularly on a wide range of television stations to offer his insight, and frequently contributes editorials to newspapers.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles.html</ref> Conrad Black has praised Kissinger as "a political memoirist surpassed, if at all, only by [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Charles de Gaulle]]."
Kissinger returned to teaching for a time after he left office, and today gives eloquent lectures and speeches across the United States. He has appeared regularly on a wide range of television stations to offer his insight, and frequently contributes editorials to newspapers.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles.html</ref> Conrad Black has praised Kissinger as "a political memoirist surpassed, if at all, only by [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Charles de Gaulle]]."
Kissinger delivered a beautiful and heartfelt eulogy for President Ford at his 2007 funeral.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/eulogies/010207.html</ref>
Kissinger delivered a beautiful and heartfelt eulogy for President Ford at his 2007 funeral.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/eulogies/010207.html</ref>
Throughout his life, Kissinger has enjoyed long-standing friendships with such notables as Katherine Graham, Walt Wriston, Beverly Sills, Bill Paley, Hans Morgenthau, Fritz Kraemer, Ahmet Ertegun, Sir James Goldsmith, Marion Dönhoff, Gianni Agnelli, John Aspinall, Rudolf Augstein, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., John McCain, and Bill and Pat Buckley.
Throughout his life, Kissinger has enjoyed long-standing friendships with such notables as Katherine Graham, Walt Wriston, Beverly Sills, Bill Paley, Hans Morgenthau, Fritz Kraemer, Ahmet Ertegun, Sir James Goldsmith, Marion Dönhoff, Gianni Agnelli, John Aspinall, Rudolf Augstein, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., John McCain, [[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi]],<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/interviews/FinancialTimes240508.html</ref> Anatoly Dobrynin and Bill and Pat Buckley.
Kissinger is a fan of [[soccer]].<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/nw061206.html</ref>
Kissinger is a fan of [[soccer]].<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/nw061206.html</ref>