This is well known, but I think it suits this thread well
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. While Henry continues to nibble nori rolls and remake at A-list parties, Cambodia, the neutral nation he secretly and illegally bombed, invaded, under-mined, and then threw to the dogs, is still trying to raise itself up on its one remaining leg.
Anthony Bourdain
God damn it, why couldn’t it have been Kissinger who killed himself?
I guess because Bourdain had a soul and Kissinger didn’t.
The wrong people tend to kill themselves in general. Those who commit the worst acts usually have supremely high self-confidence and self-assurance.
Ding dong the witch is dead!
It’s a shame he never faced justice for his crimes.
As is typical for most USA sponsored terrorists, especially those that call the shots in 'murica
And not a single tear was shed.
Plenty of tears >!of joy!< were shed
My great Aunt had a terrific joke about Henry:
Nixon is walking outside the Whitehouse near an area of freshly fallen snow.
He sees NIXON SUCKS in yellow snow and asks the Secret Service (and the FBI) to investigate who did it.
A couple days go by and someone from the FBI Forensics Lab comes into the Oval Office to report.
“Well?” Nixon asked.
“You’re not gonna like this.”
“Just tell me.”
“It’s Henry’s.”
“I knew it!”
“Ah. That’s not all Mr. President.”
“What else?”
“It’s Pat’s handwriting.”
Who is Pat?
Pat Ryan, wife of Richard Nixon
Ooh, Nixon’s wife. i looked up the name of Kissinger’s spouses but I had not considered that the joke referenced the then-president’s wife.
Best example of The good die young I have ever seen.
After reading the article, I’m left with the impression that, if he wasn’t jew, he’d be right at home with the german nazi govt. Not necessarily because of racial bias, but because of his anticommunism and also for being able to direct the military against unsuspecting targets for the sole purpose of solidifying power.
I love that they added the part where he said “Any people that’s been persecuted for two thousand years must have done something wrong.”
Right? Victim blaming pro level there.
So are we all just going to wait for the ruling class to die off like he did or are we going to stand for justice and do something about the other evil motherfuckers in the elite still living?
What are you talking about, we are going to breed our generation of evil motherfuckers.
Can someone please explain what he did to be labeled a war criminal?
Genuine question, because I only know this guy as an asshole who suggested Ukraine should give up it’s occupied territories.
He’s got a 6-8 part Behind the Bastard series about him but the article here is a tldr. Basically he is directly responsible for killing about four million people, basically carpet bombed Vietnam and was in Watergate.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-kissinger-94160733/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-two-kissinger-94268769/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-six-kissinger-94899290/
Figures. I don’t think that the Ukrainians who were pissed about his suggested “peace deal” knew about this. Either that, or they didn’t mention it. And I remember his article was widely discussed in the Ukrainian media. Maybe if his background was more widely known, his opinion would have been more easily dismissed.
He (and Ford) came to Indonesia during Soeharto’s New Order and endorsed invasion of East Timor. That was one day before the invasion happened.
Wow, I’m surprised I’ve never heard this before.
He drove us policy for decades, especially “the ends justify the means” stuff.
As a partial explanation, not an excuse, y’all have to remember this was the Cold War. A lot of this was accepted as a necessary evil to prevent the big EVIL. If you thought you had to choose between civilization ending WWIII, vs interfering in a third world conflict, the evil may not be as clear cut as y’all think. Kissinger drove the bus but we all went along.
Falling for however much of that was propaganda is all on us.
We also mostly fell for it in Iraq. If you take anything from this diplomat’s life work, DONT FALL FOR THE PROPAGANDA. it’s easy to see the evil with hindsight and in a different world, but we all need to develop the skepticism and questioning to see this for it is when it happens again.
I’m proud of my country but that includes seeing where we’ve failed and it’s all of our duty to see when it’s stepping off the ideal path and do our part to get it back on track
Won’t miss him.
I wish Anthony Bourdain was here to see this.
Without a doubt, the best headline about the death of this worm. Congratulations to the editor.
I heard Henry Kissinger ran into a tree and all his money fell out of his pockets and the teens called him Sonic the Bitchhog while he tried to get at least one coin so he could go on.
Kissinger is not the reason Bob Dylan wrote the song “Masters of War” but let’s face it he fits the role very well.
Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1, Thatcher, Mao, Thọ, and many more scumbags welcome this monster in hell. Disgusting.
