henry kissinger

[stan the man]

i was listening to cbc radio one this morning and heard a great interview with henry kissinger

all was going well he was talking how the world will have to get on line with the us because the truth of the mater is that no one could defy the us based on military superiority

the converstion then turns to the world court and its importance and the interviewer ask kissinger what he tought the odds of he himself facing war crimes

next thing you know kissinger walks out on the interview

my question to you cats is why walk out why not defend himself and his actions what is he afraid of talking about

[The_Dude]

maybe he has something to hide?

[stan the man]

oh really

[Macheath]

At least he says it straight - the US is a global empire and there's not a goddam thing anybody can do about it; settle down, get used to it, speak when your spoken too, stop whining...If forced to choose, I'd rather that than a whole bunch of liberation double-speak.

Oh yeah, Henry can't travel much nowdays because of the whole Cambodia thing.
http://www.spectacle.org/0501/kissinger.html

[i8one2]

henry kissinger has done as much good and he has done bad, If it is found out that he was a criminal... nail his ass

[4thTimeLucky]

Quick Poll:

How many of you have read, Hitchens' The Trial of Henry Kissinger ?

[rekinom]

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[Sun Tzu]

Thanks for the link Macheath. In much of my focus as to why he strangely dropped out of the situation involving who had prior knowledge of 9/11 without a any reasons for dropping the investigation; I missed this aspect of his history. I admit I've never really read much about him until recently, it appears hes as colorful as anyone.

I will say this in reply to your statement of how the way things are so get use to them: remember the Romans.

[Easytiger]

...or the English. But by comparison, the American Empire is pretty young and the barbarians are a long way away from the surrounding hills.
Kissinger would appear to be in a spot of bother when it comes to going on trial. I don't say that in a judgemental way- he was and remains a servant of his country and was acting to further the interests of it at the time. He probably is in trouble mainly for not bothering with the usual moral veneer people expect of a person in his position.

[maximusveritas]

well, I can kind of understand Kissinger's anger. It would be like Clinton coming to talk about the current situation and getting asked about Lewinsky. That said, he certainly has alot to hide.

[Liquor Dealer]

Kissinger is a genius at foreign affairs. If you look back at the administrations he has served most of their success has to be almost solely, in his ability to wheel and deal in diplomacy, If you look at Nixon -most of his success was in foreign policy and that was the work of one man - and that man wasn' t Richard Nixon. Kissinger has his critics and he also has his admirers - there are far more of the latter.

[stan the man]

hey bastard

so let me get this straight because kissinger influenced world affairs effectively he has been admired by the general public regardless of the moral value of his actions

[Liquor Dealer]

Originally posted by stan the man
hey bastard

so let me get this straight because kissinger influenced world affairs effectively he has been admired by the general public regardless of the moral value of his actions

I said he did what he was hired to do and he did it well.

[stan the man]

hey bastard mabey you can help me im trying to find a definition of Secretary of State of the United States

[maximusveritas]

Originally posted by stan the man
hey bastard mabey you can help me im trying to find a definition of Secretary of State of the United States

I think its funny when you address him as "hey bastard".