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Henry Kissinger is dead
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Reuters:
Well, is a shame that Bourdain didn't lived to see it. The end of a (terrible) age and so on.
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age 100, according to his geopolitical consulting firm Kissinger Associates Inc.
Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates said.
Well, is a shame that Bourdain didn't lived to see it. The end of a (terrible) age and so on.
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It is an indictment of America and its political establishment that he was lauded as a genius and a peacemaker his whole life, long after it was public knowledge the callous indifference with which he directly ordered the killing of thousands, and how he enthusiastically assisted and provided support to dictators, juntas, warlords, and reactionary militias, with no care for the millions they slaughtered.
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What, you mean like the repeatedly debunked lie that he installed Pinochet in Chile just to cite one falsehood?
Oh we got a live one here, folks! It looks as big as the Rumsfeld stan I caught in my thread.
Are you seriously defending this man? If so, on what fucking grounds?
Be aware before you reply, this is fucking personal for me.
We got dissent here, folks! Theres a guy not bowing to the narrative!
How about the truth?
Truth is we just got a new worldwide holiday.
Rest in piss Kissinger, you worthless shit stain on humanity. If only you could have died 100 years earlier.
Kissinger advised the Johnson administration. The war was getting close to ending. Kissinger went to the Nixon administration and began advising him, in secret, on what Johnson was doing. Worse, he deliberately kept the Vietnam war going so that Nixon could run on a platform of getting us out of Vietnam, making Johnson look bad.
When Nixon won, the war continued for many, MANY more years as Kissinger practiced the "vibes" of diplomacy that he learned from being abused as a kid. And as a result, my dad had to spend 1 year over there working on fuel tanks for the Air Force. And that directly caused the Parkinsons disease that led to his death 3 weeks ago. We have government documentation confirming that his being in Vietnam led to his death.
One lie about the man's history does not negate the monstrous, self serving, short sighted power grabs that Kissinger undertook. The man did his best to manipulate everyone around him so he was in charge, and he did not care who died as a result as long as he would always maintain power.
Happens every time we make a thread like this. My Rumsfeld thread insisted that Rummy was perfect little angel that never knew anything about torture.
The dude has like 40 posts, and most are trolling people in threads about the deaths of warmongers.
He apparently has a singular agenda.
And that time he was banned for posting celebratory memes mocking the reversal of Roe v Wade.
Not sure this is worth the fuss
Excellent bit, you almost got me.
-Good riddance. Finally Death did it's job.
Ignore it and refocus on celebrating the lastest pissing hot spot in the US I say. His ass is dead so we all win.
Also got another notch on my weird death prediction clairvoyance
I think I’m up to three or four at this point
Shit’s weird
You're a Nurse.
It's literally your inherited skills for the occupation.
Signed, a Son of a Nurse, (Retired)
Damn huge win for you! Remind me to grab ya a drink if we are ever in the same place. Anyone who can remotely be linked to this is a fucking hero.
Cheers
Gonna bust open a bottle of sparkling cider.
And it's not a lie - Kissinger’s efforts to destabilize Chile under Allende via economic warfare and subsuming the US diplomatic corps are well documented. The only thing you can say that isn't totally accurate is that Kissinger didn't pick Pinochet in particular - instead, he only created the opening for him to act, something that I find to be a distinction with little material difference.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/11/kissinger-is-dead-finally-something-good-has-happened-in-2023
Where is that lovely, clip, post Mathet Thatcher's death, of the elderly Scottish woman going, "Too bad! " , as a response to a reporter's inquiry on Thatcher's death?
Now I feel what people had felt , when her ass kicked the bucket.
Rest in all the piss pal.
Kissinger was a total rat in the 68 election but I think the Chennault Affair reflects more on Nixon than on Kissinger. And I don't believe it was really likely the war would have ended had a deal been reached. The North would have inevitably broken it as they did the later accords.
I took down Bob Hope too 😆
It’s super random
There is a small chance that my dad's genes were damaged and have been passed onto my brothers and myself. I got to watch, up close and personal, what my fate may look like in 30 years.
As I said, this is personal. Let me have this moment of catharsis, please? If I can't have my dad back, at least let me put a face on the evil that took him from me.
I'll defer to Anthony Bourdain:
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I'm sorry. I will refrain from doing historical "ackshullies" for a few days
how could anyone ever believe this man was horrible, my goodness. :P
Damn, beat me to it, though I suspect their argument in terms of a “lie” is akin to like many atrocities by that inhuman wormfood, namely that he didn’t personally pull a trigger/maim/murder someone but instead laid groundwork across the globe (including Chile) to allow monstrous individuals the means and opportunity to deprive life and limb from countless innocents.
And once someone tries to split hairs on it in that manner as to their responsibility, it’s already not worth the argument because anyone trying to do so is at best arguing in terribly misguided and bad faith, and far more likely worse, at least some shade of monster/abhorrent jackanape/soulless cretin.