Kissinger: Nuclear Iran to Change World

Kissinger: Nuclear Iran to Change World

TEHRAN (PressTV) - Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, has stated that a future with a nuclear armed Iran would represent a change in the world order.

"Nuclear weapons in Iran will change the international situation fundamentally," Kissinger said in an interview with Fox News. "It means that proliferation is likely to be unchecked after that, that there would be many more countries that have nuclear weapons that might be used against each other and against us, and that terrorists might be protected by countries that have nuclear weapons. That is the fundamental change that comes about," he added. "So, therefore, what America needs to do is to determine, together with its allies, if at all possible, when the point of no return is reached, secondly, what non-military measures can be taken to induce Iran to enter a meaningful negotiation, and, third, then to face the question of what other means have to be used," Kissinger said. Tehran's has been repeating for years now that its nuclear program aims at civilian ends. The US is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons against another state. US president Harry S. Truman ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, at the tail end of World War II. In response to a question on criticisms about Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin, the newly appointed Republican vice presidential candidate and the fact that she has no experience in foreign policy, Kissinger said that "you can also say that Harry Truman had no experience in foreign policy when he became president, and he turned out one of our great foreign policy presidents." Here the ironic arrogance of the US statesman is in full bloom: first he voices concern about proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world and then hails the sole historical personality to have ordered nuclear bombings and refers to him as a "great president." Kissinger is wanted for questioning in a number of states for his alleged crimes in the late 1960s through the 1970s while US secretary of state in Southeast Asia, East Timor, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. He is reported as a consequence of the numeous legal actions against him to be very careful of which countries he visits or passes through.