Kissinger at 100: New War Crimes Revealed in Secret Cambodia Bombing That Set Stage for Forever Wars

[Uncle Joe]

A bombshell new investigation from The Intercept reveals that former U.S. national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was responsible for even more civilian deaths during the U.S. war in Cambodia than was previously known. The revelations add to a violent résumé that ranges from Latin America to Southeast Asia, where Kissinger presided over brutal U.S. military interventions to put down communist revolt and to develop U.S. influence around the world. While survivors and family members of these deadly campaigns continue to grieve, Kissinger celebrates his 100th birthday this week. “This adds to the list of killings and crimes that Henry Kissinger should, even at this very late date in his life, be asked to answer for,” says The Intercept’s Nick Turse, author of the new investigation, “Kissinger’s Killing Fields.” We also speak with Yale University’s Greg Grandin, author of Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman.

[2naSalit]

1. Why...

Is he still wasting good air?

[DoBW]

2. Just go

another sh*t stain on a page of American history

[Botany]

3. Hank still has the coup in Chile to answer for

[burrowowl]

11. Yes! About time his misdeeds are making MSM.

It has been known, but like Raygun and Bush 1, glossed over.

[Uncle Joe]

4. The late Anthony Bourdain didn't care for Kissinger

“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 remaki at A-list parties, Cambodia, the neutral nation he secretly and illegally bombed, invaded, undermined, and then threw to the dogs, is still trying to raise itself up on its one remaining leg.”

Anthony Bourdain

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11257978-once-you-ve-been-to-cambodia-you-ll-never-stop-wanting-to#:~:text=Learn%20more)-,

[Meadowoak]

5. Rotten old fossil.

[Snackshack]

6. This man

should have spent his last years next to pinochet in jail.

If there is any question I would suggest any number of books including N. Kleins Shock Doctrine.

[wnylib]

7. Between this thread and the one about

opposition to bipartisan support for aid to Ukraine, it looks like you are linking Vietnam with Ukraine as a "forever war."

Apples and oranges. Vietnam was a civil war between two sections of one nation. North Vietnam posed no threat to the US. The South Vietnamese governments that we supported were dictatorships that the South Vietnamese people felt little to no loyalty for. And, we sent our own troops to fight the war for them.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is NOT a civil war. It is the invasion of Ukraine's sovereignty as an independent nation by a foreign nation. It is reminiscent of Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939. It is not a stretch at all to say that Russia would, if successful in Ukraine, move on to attack, absorb, and annex other nations like Poland and the Baltic nations. Russia took them over as part of an Empire after WWII. Those nations do not want to be part of the Russian empire again. Several are NATO members. If we don't curb Russian aggression now, we will be obligated by treaty to get directly onto the war when Russia expands beyond Ukraine to invade one of our NATO allies.

Russia threatens the stability of the democratic governments of several of our allied nations, not to mention our own sovereignty. We are not sending troops to Ukraine. We are sending arms, and so are our allies. Ukraine is making excellent use of the aid that they receive. Unlike the S. Vietnamese, the Ukrainian military and civilians are fighting courageously, strategically, and admirably. They have held out for over a year when the prediction was that they would collapse in 3 months after Russia's invasion.

Ukraine is fighting for its own independence, but it is also fighting for freedom in the world for the rest of us. Their courageous stance against Russia today is similar to Britain's stand against Nazi Germany. America Firsters opposed aid to Britain then. They would have thrown Britain under the Nazi bus, giving Nazi Germany control over Europe. We must not make that mistake today with Russia and Ukraine.

War is always a terrible thing. But, sometimes it is necessary, given the alternative.

[Wild blueberry]

8. War criminal

Have thought so since 1969.
May he rot in Hell.

[burrowowl]

12. My sentiments exactly!

[Warpy]

9. Murderous old fuck

who still thinks rich men are wiser than poor men, that big countries should be able to bully and devastate small ones at will, and that unattainable ends justify unacceptable means.

The word "evil" in the dictionary should sport his picture.

I'm almost glad he's hitting triple digits and that he's still spouting poison, he's a touchstone for what not to do.

[mike_c]

10. Kissinger is 100?

Hell has been preparing his arrival celebration for decades.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Yikes! I had completely forgotten that he was still with us!

I guess it isn't true that only the young die young.