Line of the day that nearly made me choke on my waffles

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Friday, December 5, 2008 - 7:16 PM

Henry Kissinger, "Team of Heavyweights," Washington Post, December 5, 2008:

The maxim that the national security adviser should act as a traffic cop, not a participant in the policy process, is more theoretical than practical.

Really, Henry? Whatever do you base this on? In all fairness, it's not a bad op-ed, and includes this insightful point: "Geopolitical and strategic considerations have no organic constituency. Though a Policy Planning Council exists, its activities are often shunted off into non-operational, semi-academic sideshows or, most frequently, into speechwriting." I'll have more to say about that in the coming year. UPDATE: Swampland's Karen Tumulty offers some further context with regard to Kissinger and Obama.