Henry Kissinger dead at 100

[Stevicus]

Henry Kissinger, influential adviser to presidents, dies at 100 - UPI.com

Henry Kissinger, a Jewish refugee whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a teen and later grew up to be one of the most influential diplomats in U.S. history, has died at the age of 100.

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I'll admit I have mixed feelings about Kissinger, but his passing feels like the end of an era.

 

[Estro Felino]

I am happy for him;
he has finally reunited with his master, the one who guided him through his life, and made him commit the most atrocious and despicable acts.
The Plan Condor, Cambodia and other unspeakable things.
He will stay with his master for all eternity.

Godly Justice.

 

[Estro Felino]

My thoughts go to the Argentinian guys become famous as the chicos de la noche de los lapices.
Kidnapped, incarcerated in a concentration camp, and murdered after unspeakable tortures. Only Pablo Diaz survived.
Just because they had asked for the boleto estudiantil, a students' welfare card.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm reminded of...

 

[Stevicus]

This article from AP reviews Kissinger's life and career.

Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end

Until the bitter end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few in the tight circle of a distrusting President Richard Nixon.

apnews.com

Kissinger was pudgy and messy but incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration. Kissinger, who divorced his first wife in 1964, called women “a diversion, a hobby.” Hollywood executives were eager to set him up with starlets, whom Kissinger squired to premieres and showy restaurants, according to Isaacson. Jill St. John was a frequent companion. Others he dated included Shirley MacLaine, Marlo Thomas, Candice Bergen and Liv Ullmann.

In a poll of Playboy Club Bunnies in 1972, the man whom Newsweek dubbed “Super-K” finished first as “the man I would most like to go out on a date with.”

Kissinger’s explanation: “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”

Nixon at first found Kissinger’s image as a swinger amusing, but later tired of it. Chief of staff H.R. Haldeman in 1971 issued a memo stating that “in seating at State Dinners, the President feels that Henry should not always be put next to the most glamorous woman. ... It’s starting to cause unfavorable talk that serves no useful purpose.”

It turned out that Kissinger’s real love interest was Nancy Maginnes, a tall, glamorous researcher for Nelson Rockefeller whom he dated for years before they married in 1974.

 

[Estro Felino]

This article from AP reviews Kissinger's life and career.

Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end

Until the bitter end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few in the tight circle of a distrusting President Richard Nixon.

apnews.com

Interesting.
This is my eulogy. What Sanders here said.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Henry Kissinger, influential adviser to presidents, dies at 100 - UPI.com

Henry Kissinger, a Jewish refugee whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a teen and later grew up to be one of the most influential diplomats in U.S. history, has died at the age of 100.

www.upi.com

I'll admit I have mixed feelings about Kissinger, but his passing feels like the end of an era.

I think Kissinger exemplified the most abusive, murderous, and brutally hegemonic aspects of American foreign policy. In many cases, his mentality was a microcosm of the worst traits of the American empire.

I wish I could say his death marked the end of the era of such foreign policies, but I don't believe that's the case.

 

[Eddi]

Wow I didn't know he was still going

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Henry Kissinger, influential adviser to presidents, dies at 100 - UPI.com

Henry Kissinger, a Jewish refugee whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a teen and later grew up to be one of the most influential diplomats in U.S. history, has died at the age of 100.

www.upi.com

I'll admit I have mixed feelings about Kissinger, but his passing feels like the end of an era.

Mixed? Seriously?

Let his obit be written by the Cambodians.

 

[Estro Felino]

And here the YT comments endearment.

 

[Wu Wei]

R.I.P.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Well, hell was busted wide open today. Good riddance.

 

[Stevicus]

I think Kissinger exemplified the most abusive, murderous, and brutally hegemonic aspects of American foreign policy. In many cases, his mentality was a microcosm of the worst traits of the American empire.

I wish I could say his death marked the end of the era of such foreign policies, but I don't believe that's the case.

I agree with what you're saying, except I don't know if I would use the superlative "most" in this context. Kissinger represented the US establishment and the ideas which are still propagated nowadays. I don't think it's possible to separate the man from the ideals he represented and the regime of which he was an integral part (the same regime which still exists today).

 

[Estro Felino]

I agree with what you're saying, except I don't know if I would use the superlative "most" in this context. Kissinger represented the US establishment and the ideas which are still propagated nowadays. I don't think it's possible to separate the man from the ideals he represented and the regime of which he was an integral part (the same regime which still exists today).

Can you express your take in my thread?Kissinger. Who he was.
Thank you. I'd like to debate with you.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I agree with what you're saying, except I don't know if I would use the superlative "most" in this context. Kissinger represented the US establishment and the ideas which are still propagated nowadays. I don't think it's possible to separate the man from the ideals he represented and the regime of which he was an integral part (the same regime which still exists today).

Good points, and I largely agree. He was a cog in the machine, after all—even if a big cog at one time.

 

[Orbit]

And here the YT comments endearment.


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Interesting, because everyone on twitter seems to hate him.

 

[libre]

I'm reminded of...

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[Revoltingest]

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Sing to a jawnty 1920s flapper era tune...

Monty Python – Henry Kissinger Song

Henry Kissinger / How I'm missing yer / You're the Doctor of my dreams / With your crinkly hair and your glassy stare / And your machiavellian schemes / I know they say that you

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