One less despicable monster in the world. Shame it couldn't have happened 80 years ago.
In reply to RevRico :
Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević.
Anthony Bourdain
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
I think someone at Rolling Stone has been sitting at an "upload" button for 25 years.
In reply to NickD :
Tbh if anyone tries to counter the above posts with "have a heart he was a human too" they are also a ghoul
Kissinger was a brilliant practitioner with a deep understanding of history - anyone who has read any of his books cannot help but see that. His realpolitik approach was often divisive or controversial, and not always successful, but - unlike those of most American diplomats - it was always grounded in a consistent, comprehensive understanding of options and realistic potential outcomes.
A successful monster in a world run by monsters.
About berkeleying time.
Puleeezzzze. Just smash my balls flat with a rock and eliminate this thread.
I don't know who he is (and don't care so don't tell me) but I heard the name a lot as a kid.
If you don't know who this is:
"The most infamous crime Kissinger committed: a secret four-year bombing campaign in Cambodia that killed an untold number of civilians, despite the fact that it was a neutral nation with which the United States was not at war.
During his time in charge of the American foreign policy machine, Kissinger also directed illegal arms sales to Pakistan as it carried out a brutal crackdown on its Bengali population in 1971. He supported the 1973 military coup that overthrew a democratically elected socialist government in Chile, gave the go-ahead to Indonesia’s 1975 invasion of East Timor, and backed Argentina’s repressive military dictatorship as it launched its “dirty war” against dissenters and leftists in 1976. His policies during the Ford administration also fueled civil wars in Africa, most notably in Angola.
Even the most generous calculations suggest that the murderous regimes Kissinger supported and the conflicts they waged were responsible for millions of deaths and millions of other human rights abuses, during and after the eight years he served in the American government.
Kissinger never showed remorse for those misdeeds. He never paid any real price for them either. He maintained a mocking tone toward critics of his human rights record throughout his life, and remained a member in good standing of elite Washington political society until his death."
So yeah, good riddance.
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