RIP Henry Kissinger, age 100

[Wacka]

Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and diplomat under Presidents Nixon and Ford died Wednesday at age 100.

[ExiledInIllinois]

សម្រាកក្នុងសន្តិភាព

 

😔 

[boater]

People are celebrating his passing. The world is full of sick people.

 

100 years was a good run. RIP.

[muppy]

this is random as **** but absolutely truth. In 1976 I was a foreign exchange student in Oruro Bolivia. For whatever reason Mr Kissinger made an appearance there in the plaza central. So I went to see him. The secret service members were swearing like sailors. There was zero crowd control the locals were swarming his armored car like crazy

 

I was standing back just taking it all in.I stood out there being blonde in a country mostly inhabited with dark haired people. Anyway Im standing there and someone came from behind me and goosed me as hard as you can imagine. WTF I turned around and couldn't see who had did it.

 

i surmised that someone there did Not approve of either Kissinger OR any other gringo Americaanos  either. 

 

RIP

[Joe Ferguson forever]

my cousin was his wife's secret service agent.  Met her at his funeral in Lewiston  (Cancer, 30's).  Super nice.  Cried a lot.  That said he did bad things to Chile.  They despise him.  He was all for uS at 3rd world expense but exceedingly brilliant and did much for our country.

Edited November 30, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever

[Draconator]

He did a lot in his life. I think he did good. 

[Captain Caveman]

6 hours ago, boater said:

People are celebrating his passing. The world is full of sick people.

 

100 years was a good run. RIP.

 

He's a war criminal responsible for possibly more catastrophe and misery than any other American figure.  I didn't celebrate only because it didn't feel like a victory, dude lived a long time and never was held accountable.

 

Anthony Bourdain probably said it best...

 

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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.

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by Captain Caveman

[Gugny]

12 minutes ago, Draconator said:

He did a lot in his life. I think he did good. 

For whom?

 

[Draconator]

8 minutes ago, Gugny said:

For whom?

 

Just a personal opinion. 

[Success]

Caused unimaginable death & suffering.

 

So, not a fan.

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

nothing is ever black and white as much as we'd like it to be.....

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

On 11/30/2023 at 12:23 PM, muppy said:

this is random as **** but absolutely truth. In 1976 I was a foreign exchange student in Oruro Bolivia. For whatever reason Mr Kissinger made an appearance there in the plaza central. So I went to see him. The secret service members were swearing like sailors. There was zero crowd control the locals were swarming his armored car like crazy

 

I was standing back just taking it all in.I stood out there being blonde in a country mostly inhabited with dark haired people. Anyway Im standing there and someone came from behind me and goosed me as hard as you can imagine. WTF I turned around and couldn't see who had did it.

 

i surmised that someone there did Not approve of either Kissinger OR any other gringo Americaanos  either. 

 

RIP

Which foreign exchange cartel were you with, Muppalita? 
 

Ps: Remember I don’t know nothing and have never seen your face. 
 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

38 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

Which foreign exchange cartel were you with, Muppalita? 
 

Ps: Remember I don’t know nothing and have never seen your face. 
 

 

there's a pic in another thread.....

[Logic]

I do not like to speak ill of the dead. 

I also do not shed a single tear when war criminals -- responsible for millions of human deaths and countless amounts of human suffering -- die, especially at age 100.

So long, Henry. I hope that the fate which befalls you in the great hereafter is one perfectly befitting of a person who lived the life you lived.





 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

9 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

there's a pic in another thread.....

I acknowledge seeing nothing.  I'll miss you, though. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

9 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

I acknowledge seeing nothing.  I'll miss you, though. 

why.  i didn't post the pic.  did u?

Edited December 1, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

6 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

why.  i didn't post the pic.  did u?

Lose this number. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

19 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

Lose this number. 

splain.  you're not "Doc" too r u?  hmmm, cryptic response. not unexpected.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever

[muppy]

2 hours ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

Which foreign exchange cartel were you with, Muppalita? 
 

Ps: Remember I don’t know nothing and have never seen your face. 
 

 

ROTARY International. It was one of the best experiences of my life

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

1 hour ago, muppy said:

ROTARY International. It was one of the best experiences of my life

“Rotary”?  🤫

 

I think Rotarians go to the INTERNATIONAL House of Pancakes two towns over for that sort of exposure.  But Bolivia?