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It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but "an important person" that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

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[–] Icedrous 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t even know who that is, and I was surprised to see so many posts seemingly celebrating someone’s death

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Few people in history are responsible for as much suffering as Kissinger.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Former National Security advisor and Secretary of State who, among other things, deliberately prolonged the Vietnam War just to get Nixon elected, drove policies which decimated Cambodia and Laos, and had ties to the Pinochet regime. Western Liberals prefer to remember him for setting up talks with China, and detente with the Soviets. The founder of realpolitik and symbol of Western imperialism over the last half of the 20th century.

Many of us have been waiting a long, long time to piss on his grave, including (I'm sure) the families of the half-million or so people who died in Indochina because of the extended war and carpet-bombing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

remember him for setting up talks with China, and detente with the Soviets. The founder of realpolitik and symbol of Western imperialism over the last half of the 20th century

Now we're getting to my question!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

See this comment? It's a pretty good breakdown.

https://old.lemmy.world/comment/5707971

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Certified war criminal. Fake news tried to celebrate him but public ain't buying it.