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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Salon: Emails expose close ties between Hillary Clinton and accused war criminal Henry Kissinger [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)52. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger personally monkeywrenched
Lyndon Johnson's attempt to stop the Vietnam war in 1968 by telling the South Vietnamese President that he would get a "better deal" from Nixon. They did so for the purpose of assisting Nixon's election that year, and so that they could drag the war out another four years so that "peace" could be announced to insure his re-election in 1972. The terms announced in 1972 were virtually identical to what LBJ had proposed.
In the meantime more than 15,000 US soldiers died, as well as countless Vietnamese and Cambodians.
Those are the historical FACTS.
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Salon: Emails expose close ties between Hillary Clinton and accused war criminal Henry Kissinger [View all]
nationalize the fed
Jan 2016
OP
That she considers Kissinger a friend is creepy, but relying on HIM for foreign policy insights?
peacebird
Jan 2016
#1
either they think he saved Chile from that wicked lefty Allende, that he backed democracy
MisterP
Jan 2016
#36
Since she is responsible for renewing America's good image, I'd say 'maybe'.
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#13
Glad you think she gets all the credit for what good may have happened over the past 7 yrs
tk2kewl
Jan 2016
#21
Maybe not...I rather suspect it's to promote either biographic or historic
HereSince1628
Jan 2016
#22
I should post a pix of Jimmy Carter and Kissinger so you can trash him too.
KittyWampus
Jan 2016
#11
Frankly I'd be happy with "Don't do stupid shit", stupid shit like the Iraq war
Fumesucker
Jan 2016
#19
Add to that a yawning gulf in BS's (lack of) applied experience in foreign policy.
Hekate
Jan 2016
#56