RIP Henry Kissinger

[Inky_Wretch]

Per his own site.

Henry A. Kissinger

 

[wicked]

RIP?

I'm not of the proper vintage to fully experience Kissinger other than him being the guy every president went to for advice. Will folks tell me why he was considered such a sonofabitch?

 

[dixiehack]

 

[Starman]

Well, he enabled and facilitated a lot of Nixon's really most horrible ideas. He tried, and somewhat succeeded, to build up enough plausible deniability under the general theme he tried to talk Nixon out of most of the worst of it, but the goo was still on his lips.

 

[TrooperBari]

If people were surprised by the celebrations at the news of Queen Elizabeth's death (see: "Lizzie's in a Box"), wait until they see the memes on this one.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

RIP?

I'm not of the proper vintage to fully experience Kissinger other than him being the guy every president went to for advice. Will folks tell me why he was considered such a sonofabitch?

SJ shorthand for "Yo, this guy is dead."

 

[UPChip]

Half-Naked Kissinger Thrown Out Of U.S. News & World Report Mansion

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
The infamy of Nixon's foreign-policy architect sits, eternally, beside that of history's worst mass murderers. A deeper shame attaches to the country that celebrates him

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/

 

[TrooperBari]

RIP?

I'm not of the proper vintage to fully experience Kissinger other than him being the guy every president went to for advice. Will folks tell me why he was considered such a sonofabitch?

He was a practitioner of the most ruthless kind of realpolitik. When it came to exploiting the Sino-Soviet split and creating detente between the US and China, that was a net good. When it came to plotting coups and supporting military juntas -- all in the name of freedom, democracy, and the American way, mind you -- it created a lot of death and suffering for questionable gain. Of course, in a geopolitical environment when George Kennan's message of containment was flattened to "every inch of territory we or our friends don't control is a commie victory and a threat to the free world", it's little wonder that kind of mindset was successful and celebrated.
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/def...nry_kissinger_at_100_still_a_war_criminal.pdf
The secret life of Henry Kissinger

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Jimmy Carter outlives Kissinger.

 

[User 11148]

Jimmy Carter outlives Kissinger.

I don't know ... there was a picture of President Carter at Rosalynn's funeral that makes one wonder. One can truly live past the point at which it's living.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I don't know ... there was a picture of President Carter at Rosalynn's funeral that makes one wonder. One can truly live past the point at which it's living.

That photo reminded me of how my grandpa looked in the final week of his life.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I don't know ... there was a picture of President Carter at Rosalynn's funeral that makes one wonder. One can truly live too long.

Those were unsettling pictures to me. Obviously of news value. And to be expected as he's 99 and has been in hospice for almost a year.

I've seen that "look" pretty recently right before my mom passed. First thing I thought of when I saw the Cater pics.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Back in the day, this thread would have been locked in an hour.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

That photo reminded me of how my grandpa looked in the final week of his life.

Just posted about the same thing. Very difficult to see.

 

[User 11148]

That photo reminded me of how my grandpa looked in the final week of his life.

It reminded me of how my mother often looks right now.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Back in the day, this thread would have been locked in an hour.

I WILL FIGHT YOU ON 1970s FOREIGN POLICY!

 

[swingline]

RIP. Rest in pieces, you murderous self-important piece of ****. **** Henry and all of his enablers.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Should have died in The Hague 40 years ago.

 

[garrow]

Those were unsettling pictures to me. Obviously of news value. And to be expected as he's 99 and has been in hospice for almost a year.

I've seen that "look" pretty recently right before my mom passed. First thing I thought of when I saw the Cater pics.

Totally unsettling. Biden looked genuinely saddened.

Here they are in happier times