Sunday, December 22, 2002

Comment on Kissinger Machinations in the 70s
"In late December 1973, there had been a meeting of Arab oil ministers in Kuwait at which they had reached a decision that lifting of the oil embargo should be accomplished in stages directly linked to commensurate steps toward "full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242," which called for Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian lands in exchange for full Arab acceptance of Israel. Kissinger was furious, seeing this as another instance of intolerable Arab "blackmail." A month of nasty bickering ensued, with Kissinger growing increasingly intemperate."

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