“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.” -Anthony Bourdain
“I am proud to say that Henry Kissinger is not my friend. I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger.” -Bernie Sanders
Well. I never really gathered much direct information on what type of person Kissinger was, but considering the characters of both Anthony Bourdain and Sanders, I think I’ll put him in the burn in hell camp.
Example: He sabotaged a peaceful end to the ciet nam war in 1968 so Nixon could have a better shot at winning the election, and consequently he could gain power. Running on a campaign of ending the war Nixon and Kissinger then did the opposite and bombed the shit out of Cambodia and attacked Laos who were involved in the war.
Example: when a democratic socialist was fairly elected in Chile, Kissinger and the CIA saw to it he was ousted, being replaced by the infamous fascist, Pinochet, who tortured and murdered citizens for years.
Far more to read in this article: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
He illegally directed the military to turn cambodia into dust with millions of bombs and had pilots illegally erase their flight logs to cover up their locations
Theres a fantastic 6 part Behind The Bastards podcast on Kiss
He orchestrated a coup in Chile, participated in Operation Condor, lengthened the Vietnam War, set the stage for the Khmer Rouge, and greenlit atrocities in East Timor and Bangladesh
Good riddance.
In observance of rule 6,
Proposal to suspend rule 6 for obvious war criminals
I don’t disagree, but the passive agressiveness in these comments is hilarious. Feels like one of those british news shows.
The good die young.
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(sigh) Removed, rule 6.
So sad. How he got to live that long.
If you wanted a good overview of his monstrous crimes and a whiff of the lingering stench he left on the world, look no further:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
I wish him good fortune in all of his future endeavors.
100 eh? I wonder if he considered himself to be a “useless eater” in any of his last decades. Somehow I doubt it.
He said that? Eww.
Ya know, for someone who bore witness to the holocaust as a victim during his formative years, it sure feels like he took all the wrong lessons from it.
I’m only going to say one thing in these Henry Kissinger threads: Good fucking riddance.
Nobel Peace Prize winner and esteemed statesman Henry Kissinger is dead at 100, once again proving only the good die young.
Let us listen to the following dirge while we read his obituary and ponder this man’s intense impact upon the world:
Good for him.
Better for us!
I want it known that every American on here is blowing off reggaeton horns tonight. Scum.
Topical because of the related death? Or because of the song content?
It’s a great tune to play while reading the story.
