Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 10, No. 5, May 2022
By Tony Zielinski
Former President Nixon and Henry Kissinger engrossed in conversation, 1972. Source: Wikimedia.
Editor’s note: This satire is meant for purposes of humor and should not be interpreted as historically accurate.
Henry Kissinger: Mr. President, I suggest we open up formal relations with Communist China and they will be our allies against the Soviet Union.
President Nixon: Do you feel we can trust their leader, Mao Tse Tung?
Henry Kissinger: Mao Tse Tung is the greatest mass murderer in history. He is responsible for more deaths than Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. He is a ruthless unscrupulous tyrant. So my answer is a most resounding yes.
President Nixon: Yes…I think I understand and can work with someone like that.
Henry Kissinger: A big challenge will be how we deal with Democratic and free Taiwan. They have been great friends and allies. Communist China regards them as a renegade state and China will not rest until they conquer Taiwan and take away their freedoms. China will subjugate them to unspeakable brutality because they dared to have freedom of speech, freedom of press, and the right to vote for their elected representatives. Mao will never forgive them.
