Dr. Henry Kissinger Dies at Age 100
Dr. Henry Kissinger, a respected American scholar and statesman, died today at his home in Connecticut.
A crash course on this asshole: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kissinger-100-crimes-watergate/
Damn that graphic on Mobile. "Kissinger dies, YAHOO!"
"Arroooooo!" feels more appropriate
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.”
-Anthony Bourdain
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.
Thanks for the clarification.
REST IN PISS
4 million deaths can be directly attributed to this asshole. Many, many, many more indirectly. He was the last member of the Nixon cabinet still alive.
Can't wait until it snows after they bury him so I can write my name when I piss on his grave
Bust out the Crown and Coke, removed, we got a new Cambodian holiday!
Does human piss make green grass die?
That obituary is far too kind to him.
The Yale University historian Greg Grandin, author of the biography Kissinger’s Shadow, estimates that Kissinger’s actions from 1969 through 1976, a period of eight brief years when Kissinger made Richard Nixon’s and then Gerald Ford’s foreign policy as national security adviser and secretary of state, meant the end of between three and four million people. That includes “crimes of commission,” he explained, as in Cambodia and Chile, and omission, like greenlighting Indonesia’s bloodshed in East Timor; Pakistan’s bloodshed in Bangladesh; and the inauguration of an American tradition of using and then abandoning the Kurds.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
Thanks for the sauce.
You got the article without paywall?
if anyone fails to understand just how vile the guy was, Behind the Bastards dedicated six full episodes and said they were cutting it short at that:
I am episode 2 now, thanks for the recommendation.
“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure” - Clarence Darrow
I’ve never understood this line of thinking. Can someone explain why there’s a “don’t speak ill of the dead” sentiment?
Death is the great equalizer and I definitely celebrate when people who think themselves and act higher than their fellow humans die.
This quote is about never wishing a man dead. Clarence Darrow was a famous late 19th to early 20th century litigator who vehemently opposed the death penalty. He'd never wish anyone dead, he's fundamentally opposed to death as a punishment, but that doesn't mean he's sad when a bad person dies.
I don't think it really applies to mass murders. It is more like regular people who kinda suck.
Each shit, ya bastard
Shit is too good for him.
Perfect example of 'Only the good die young.'
God I'm gonna miss this meme :(
Will today become a national
Wait for it
holiday in Cambodia?
Crap. Looks like I was the third person to make this joke. Screw it. Leaving the comment up. It merits the repetition.
Screw it.
It's tough kid but it's life
If anyone needs to get an idea of why we celebrate Kissinger's death and lament that it didn't happen sooner and more painfully, this article is all one would need to read.
And along with it, they can get a damning picture of US foreign policy over the last half century and the lengths to which the ruling class will go to ensure they retain their power everywhere.
It was locked for me. I assume it goes into details about how he was involved with a plan to bomb Northern Cambodia during the Vietnam war which resulted in 100,000s to possibly a whole million deaths mostly civilian. Then it mentions how he might have been involved in installing a new dictator there which, combined with the bombings, drove people to Pol Pot. Who in turn unleashed, in percentages, the worst documented democide in human history, within five years eliminating 20% of the population.
Holy fuck that article was amazing.
Fuck are we throwing a party?
Thank goodness this is Lemmy, not R*ddit. I'm not gonna go check, but I can only imagine the mods over there are treating the thread like Kissinger treated Cambodia.
Yeah, is it cool if I bring the banners celebrating the death of Pat Robertson along?
Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.
-- Tom Lehrer on why he stopped performing political satire.
That's one hell of an early Christmas present for everyone on earth.
Suddenly my skin is clear, my crops are watered, the sun is shining, the grass is green, and my grades are up :D
Dear diary, Today the world is a better place.
Looks like Jimmy Carter won the who will live longer battle.
everyone liked that
Congratulations everyone who supports human rights
There are going to be some long lines to piss on that grave.
new all-gender bathroom just dropped!
I wonder what the first thing he will do with Margaret Thatcher will be, in hell?
Join the neolib orgy with Reagan and Pinochet.
Even Satan is turning his eyes away from that.
Hopefully, they will be too busy burning.
I'm an atheist, but days like these, I wish hell was real
Lol, they can FINALLY shut down /r/iskissingerdeadyet
Kool & the gang - Celebration (remastered HD)
Who gets his magic murder bag?
That was Henry Killinger. Easy mistake to make.
About damn time. This is how you know karma isn't real.
Finally
I was informed it is rude to say nothing good of the dead. RIP the victims of henry.
I don't give a single fuck about that "rule".
I've never heard of him specifically until today, but I'm general I still talk shit about anyone I hate from the day I hate them and their death will not stop my opinion expression.
I don't try to keep them alive with constant discussion, but if they're brought up I don't mind telling shit until (if god was real) even God would be ashamed of creating them. To the point it would start a war with anyone with anything positive to say about them.
Finally
That dude who keeps posting those days without Kissinger finally gets to update the picture.
This guy?
And the world was forever lighter for it.
Rot in hell you vile piece of garbage
Clear proof that there is no cosmic justice.
🎉
🦀🦀🦀
Don't call him Dr.
Woohoo
Good, he can't stoke up Argentina over the Falklands this time.
What an absolutely dogshit human being.
I feel really good today.
Hell yeah!!
About damn time
Rot in piss.
hey fuck you HANK
Yahoo!
And all it took was giving up both Carters.
Both? Jimmy isn't dead.
From pictures yesterday he might as well be. Poor guy looks like a husk.
Yeah well cosmic balance and all that.
And the world has improved for the better on average.