Zbigniew Brzezinski.......

[Wetzelbill]

I just like showing off that I can spell his name. I like tossing it into conversations too. I get looks of befuddlement from many an uninformed wannabe politico. Actually, I just got his book. The Choice:Global Leadership or Global Domination. Good stuff.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I remember reading his Grand Game in

college, and yes you are right, few know who or what he is... he is a hawk but not a neo con

[Wetzelbill]

10. hey, the last name, I just noticed it :)

[Richardo]

2. A blast from the past in the Carter administration...

Oh for the days when we had *qualified* NSA's.

Aiming to replace Kissinger's "acrobatics" in foreign policy-making with a foreign policy "architecture," Brzezinski was as eager for power as his rival. However, his task was complicated by his focus on East-West relations, and in a hawkish way -- in an administration where many cared a great deal about North-South relations and human rights. On the whole, Brzezinski was a team player. He emphasized the further development of the U.S.-China relationship, favored a new arms control agreement with Moscow and shared the president and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's view that the United States should seek international cooperation in its diplomacy instead of going it alone.

[LSdemocrat]

3. What's the correct way to pronounce his name?

Could you give it to me phonetically?

I was born in 1980, so that's why I don't know.

[Richardo]

7. Zuh-BIG-new Bur-ZIN-ski.

[Wetzelbill]

8. uh... not sure the proper way to do it

Zah-big-new Bur-zin-skee

[hippiechick]

4. I do believe there's a DU'er or two who worked with him ...

;) Y'know who you are :)


:hippie:

[zbdent]

5. gesundheit!

Get a tissue . . .

[el_gato]

6. He is not someone I admire

Kissinger Lite

[Wetzelbill]

9. Yeah, he is a little bit

But he is a reasonable and smart man with some good ideas. On paper anyway. Compared to the Crazies we got currently running the show, I'd take Bigs or General Scowcroft anyday.

[AG78]

11. But

http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2

http://www.peaceinchechnya.org/about_members.htm

they all seem to work together to further the empire.

[Wetzelbill]

12. Now that is a good post