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Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100 (www.huffpost.com)

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[-] hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 118 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Wasn’t this guy awarded some kind of Nobel prize for peace or something?

[-] livus@kbin.social 28 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 20 points 11 months ago

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.

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[-] Dragon_Titan@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Good thing my mom can’t get health care.

Hoo-Rah!

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[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 111 points 11 months ago

Can’t believe this fucker lived longer than Betty White!

Where is your God? Where is your God now???

[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 83 points 11 months ago

At least Bob Barker had the decency to get as close to 100 as possible without going over.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

claps

Bravo

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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 103 points 11 months ago

This guy is almost singlehandled responsible for everything that happened in Vietnam. Good riddance.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 76 points 11 months ago

That's very narrow-minded. He committed atrocities in Cambodia too. Good riddance indeed.

I won't miss seeing his op-eds published during major conflicts like he was some kind of diplomatic guru. What a monster.

[-] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

And Laos. And indirectly Bangladesh and Chile.

Better go stand in the line to spit on his grave now, it’s going to be a long one.

[-] livus@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And East Timor, Pakistan, Argentina...

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[-] Astrealix@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

Hey now, give Nixon the credit he deserves for also making things worse.

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[-] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago

A real life monster who took pleasure from death of millions. Oh and the people who defend this terrorist may suffer the same fate as his victims https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/

There were “few people who have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger,” said veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.

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[-] playereightyone@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-kissinger-94160733/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-two-kissinger-94268769/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-three-kissinger-94482857/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-four-kissinger-94576769/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-five-kissinger-94813303/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-six-kissinger-94899290/

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 49 points 11 months ago

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

Someone on another thread shared this blunt exposition of Kissinger's many sins against the country and the world.

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

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago

Wow, a six parter?

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[-] TheScaryDoor@startrek.website 14 points 11 months ago

Robert Evans sends his regards!

[-] MindfulSage@lemm.ee 45 points 11 months ago

Yeh fuck this scumbag guy!!

[-] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 11 months ago

I sure can't wait for uninformed people to mourn his death

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

I mourn his death insofar that it happened now. Not 40-80 years ago!

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 37 points 11 months ago

Good fucking riddance. The amount of damage he did to the world and humanity in general is incalculable.

[-] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net 36 points 11 months ago

83 years too late. how other people can be around such a monster and not bash is fucking head in is baffling to me,

[-] Synthuir@lemmy.ml 25 points 11 months ago

“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.”

— Anthony Bourdain

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

They're too busy taking lessons form him... aka Hillary Clinton.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 35 points 11 months ago

why is this downvoted? Clinton expressed multiple times in the last decade that Kissinger is a close consultant and mentor of her.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/13/hillary-clinton-henry-kissinger-harms-her-campaign

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[-] playereightyone@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

I wonder who won the tontine.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 34 points 11 months ago

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

[-] timeisart@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Kind of inspirational really, makes me want to be a good enough person so that people aren't actually glad to hear that I'm dead lol

[-] 9715698@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

It's a low bar, but not necessarily a bad one.

[-] flicker@kbin.social 30 points 11 months ago

Oh my God!

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[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 21 points 11 months ago

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[-] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

he should have died like 90 years earlier

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Ah we are finally at the timeline where all the old fucking dinosaurs are finally dying off.

You love to see it. Burn in hell assholes!

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[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

HELL YEAH REST IN PISS

[-] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Don't cry because of what they did, smile because they are in hell now.

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[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Took him long enough to finally bite the dust.

[-] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 months ago

I have a full bladder and his grave seems like a great place to take care of it.

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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Finally

[-] gabe@literature.cafe 15 points 11 months ago

Ding dong the witch is dead

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Fucking finally.

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