"OSS CEO Blasts Newsweek and Fareed Zakaria for Failing to Note that Henry Kissinger is a War Criminal, Not a Role Model for Getting Out of Iraq"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert David Steele (Vivas), CEO of OSS.Net, Inc., has today posted a Letter to the Editor of Newsweek, available to anyone as an Op-Ed.

Dear Editor,

I find TIME and Newsweek generally useful as a common denominator for citizens that cannot afford the time or money required to stay fully abreast of current affairs, and especially foreign affairs that are undermining our Nation's security and our prospects for the future.

I rely on TIME and Newsweek to be balanced and objective. I expect TIME and Newsweek to be familiar with the scholarly literature, and not merely an outlet for pandering pontificating policy pimps.

It was therefore with enormous dismay that I picked up a copy of Newsweek in an airport, the 4 December 2006 issue, and found at the end an Opinion Editorial by Fareed Zakaria, "The Next Step? Think Vietnam."

The Editors of Newsweek chose to place the following sentences in bold larger colored font: "There is much moaning in Washington about the return of the 'realists.' But what we need is a Kissingerian effort to extricate America."

The informed mind boggles. Is the author -- and evidently the Editors of Newsweek -- completely oblivious to the fact that Henry Kissinger destroyed the Paris peace negotiations just prior to the 1968 elections, only to agree to the same terms in 1972 after an additional 20,492 Americans had died for his chicanery, as well as hundreds of thousands others across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?

It is time that publications like TIME and Newsweek took their responsibilities for contextual accuracy and comprehensive public education and public intelligence more seriously. I refer you to the 800+ reviews of non-fiction I have posted to Amazon, including reviews on books about "fog facts," "lost history," and the collapse of all our institutions. I refer you to my weekly report on "GLOBAL REALITY: The Week in Review" and our free forecasts on the ten threats, twelve policies, and eight challengers.

The American people need and want the truth. This Administration and the two primary political parties cannot handle the truth. You mean well, but are lacking. Please improve.

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