Kissinger & Cambodia

Peace Prize, My Ass

Sophal Ear / The Conversation:

Henry Kissinger's bombing campaign likely killed hundreds of thousands of Cambodians − and set path for the ravages of the Khmer Rouge  —  Henry Kissinger, who died on Nov. 29, 2023 at the age of 100, stood as a colossus of U.S. foreign policy.  His influence on American politics lasted long beyond his eight-year stint guiding the Nixon and Ford administrations as national security adviser and secretary of state, with successive presidents, presidential candidates and top diplomats seeking his advice and approval ever since. 

But his mark extends beyond the United States. Kissinger’s policies in the 1970s had immediate impact on countries, governments and people across South America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Sometimes the fallout – and it was that – lasted decades; in some places it continues to be felt today. Nowhere is that more true than Cambodia.

Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   Henry Kissinger Was A War Criminal, But Presidents And Celebrities Smiled With Him 

Ho Chi Minh Trail / National Geospatial …:   NGA in History - Defining Moments 

The Irrawaddy news magazine, Burma …:   US Bombing of Cambodia—Still Counting the Dead 

Diego Mendoza / Semafor:   Henry Kissinger dies at 100 

Brett S. Morris / Jacobin:   Kissinger in Cambodia  —  By all accounts, the death and destruction Kissinger wreaked upon Cambodia never burdened him.

Nope, didn't make him no never mind.

The approved euphemism will be "a complex man", as if that excuses what he & Nixon were.