Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state whose complicated legacy shaped decades of U.S. policy, dies at 100

NBC News.com ^ | 11/29/2023 | Daniel Arkin and Alexander Smith

[Beave Meister]

Henry Kissinger, the toweringly influential former secretary of state who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew international condemnation and accusations of war crimes for his key role in widening the American presence in Vietnam and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, died Wednesday.

He was 100.

Kissinger, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, reached the pinnacle of the American political establishment and in turn became an unlikely household name. He was secretary of state and national security adviser under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political parties for decades.

[ansel12]

I have never heard a more sleep-inducing voice.

[CtBigPat]

One down, so many to go.

[CtBigPat]

Anthony Bourdain wanted to punch him in the face.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

That is a pro drawing.

Hat’s off to the artist.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

He had a suspicious “consulting” business in his later decades. No one really knows what he told other countries.

[odawg]

Kissinger presumed to ordain the number of people that should populate the earth.

As will happen to all of us, his place in eternity has now been made manifest.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Will he be buried in a Yugo?

[FamiliarFace]

Welcome to FR.

[odawg]

Back when I read National Review, when William F Buckley was in charge, I would very much enjoy the barbs Buckley would aim at Kissinger.

[BigEdLB]

Kissinger was wrong not evil. Soros and Schwab are pure evil.

[Texan4Life]

Looks like my Prayers against Principalities, and Powers, and the Rulers of Darkness of this Earth, are working...

[dinodino]

I’ll bite my tongue.

[conservativeimage]

re: 24

The guy reflected in the hour glass.

[Widget Jr]

RIP.

Only a few can claim to have been involved in so many world events like Kissinger was.

[higgmeister]

Anthony Bourdain wanted to punch him in the face.

As self admitted user of cocaine, heroin, and LSD. who committed suicide by hanging and continuously proved in his TV shows how dumb he was, I'll have to take that as a strong endorsement of the late Henry Kissinger.   Actually Henry Kissinger was a zero sum kind of guy which proves he might have been closer to the late Anthony Bourdain, gray matter wise.

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Forrest was ..

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It would be funny if we found out now that Kissinger really was a real-life Forrest Gump or Chauncey Gardiner.

[equaviator]

I don’t care what
His detractors say
He was very wise
In a very good way

RIP Hank

[wildcard_redneck]

The scum did only harm to America.

[Albion Wilde]

Only a few can claim to have been involved in so many world events like Kissinger was.