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Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100
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The US really looks at war criminals and goes "yeah, they should be able to live out the rest of their lives in peace in their own home, surrounded by loved ones" while at the same time locking up black guys for 20 years because they smoked a funny cigarette. And other countries still take them seriously. We're all idiots, no exceptions.
Wasn’t this guy awarded some kind of Nobel prize for peace or something?
Yes. After one of the genocides he helped enable but before the other genocides he went on to help enable.
He's not the only genocidaire to get the Nobel Peace Prize but he's probably the most egregiously evil of them.
Also the North Vietnamese counter part Lê Đức Thọ did not accept the prize as his country still didnt see peace.
So Kissinger received the peace prize for a non existing peace.
It was controversial even at the time.
The US Dollar being the international standard currency of business and international trade does that... Of course having a military and military budget that exceeds the sum of the next 5 biggest militaries helps.
Good thing my mom can’t get health care.
Hoo-Rah!
This a bit out of date. Who’s locked up for smoking a joint? Personal use is a ticket in harsh states, and legal in most states.
Do you think they just happily released all of those who were previously convicted and sentenced for possession just because we may not be as harsh with the sentencing now?
There are absolutely people whose lives have been ruined over it, still sitting in prison for being the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I'd be curious to know if there's any confirmation that personal use/possession doesn't lead to jail time for anybody in the us anymore.
You don’t have to be black for the pigs to harass you. Just poor. But being black certainly don’t help.