Reporter Confronts Wheelchair-Bound Kissinger About His Support For ‘Alleged War Crimes’
Reporter Confronts Wheelchair-Bound Kissinger About His Support For ‘Alleged War Crimes’
Henry Kissinger was confronted by a reporter who bombarded him with questions on several of the most controversial parts of his political legacy.
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You could have read this article years ago. Its not like it hasn't happened before.
6 0 ReplyIt hasn't happened often enough.
13 0 ReplyTo what end
2 6 ReplyIf you don't understand journalists holding people to account for their misdeeds, I'm not sure how to explain it to you.
7 0 ReplyHow many years that he's never been held accountable
3 3 ReplyBy whom? Do you think journalists have the power to prosecute him for war crims?
5 0 ReplyNo I do not. Neither does anyone else far as I can see. BTW, his war crimes were mostly against his own people.
1 4 ReplyYes, the Laotians and Cambodians were definitely his own people. For sure. He's half Lao and half Camboian.
6 0 ReplyWhile he was pissing around, 20,000 US troops died. I believe you're thinking of Nixon who was Commander in Chief.
1 3 ReplyNo I'm not.
The German-born political scientist joined the Nixon administration in 1969 as the president's national security advisor and was promoted to secretary of state in 1973. As the primary architect of the American bombing and invasion of Cambodia, Kissinger believed that these actions were necessary to prevent both Cambodia and South Vietnam from falling to communism.
https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/profile02.html
More here:
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/25/intercepted-henry-kissinger-cambodia/
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/
Fucking sad how people don't know history that recent.
5 0 ReplyLived it mate, and am well aware that his advice couldn't be followed without Nixon.
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