Posted on 11/29/2023 8:48:19 PM PST by lightman
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died at the age of 100.
Late on Wednesday evening, Kissinger died at his Connecticut home, according to Kissinger Associates, Inc. Advertisement
Kissinger, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, was the top U.S. diplomat for two presidents as well as a prominent figure in U.S. foreign policy for the second half of the 20th century. He also won a Nobel Prize for brokering negotiations to end the Vietnam War, as well as being significantly remembered for his part in the U.S. bombing of Cambodia.
More from USA Today on Kissinger:
Kissinger, was the most celebrated U.S. statesman in modern times, helping former President Richard Nixon establish U.S. relations with China, negotiating the 1973 ceasefire with North Vietnam, reaching Cold War detente and arms agreements with the Soviet Union and conducting “shuttle diplomacy” to defuse Middle East tension. Kissinger at the same time was an intensely controversial figure and a lightning rod for critics of Nixon’s foreign policy, particularly in conduct of the Vietnam War and its expansion into Cambodia, which was followed by the rise of the genocidal Khmer Rouge. He was hailed as a brilliant strategic thinker, a Harvard-educated political scientist who wielded power with pragmatic conservatism, sometimes described as “realpolitik,” or hard-nosed political realism.
The late politician was also the only American to simultaneously serve as secretary of state and national security adviser.
Leslie Gelb, a former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said that Kissinger’s “influence stayed with him after he left office, while that of all the others… dissipated.”
NBC News described him as being "one of the leading diplomats and international relations intellectuals of the 20th century."
I thought the old toad would live forever good grief
The good ones die young....
As for this guy, I would think it was tye devil saying “I don’t want him either” which kept him going 9n and on...
Some people need extra time to live the remainder of their life “in peace and repentance”.
HJK’s abandonment of Soviet Jewry could account for a couple of decades.
The devil is probably indifferent to Kissinger. But Hitlery is another matter. When she dies, the devil will lock the gates so she can’t get in and steal his job.
with what him and Nixon were handed in 1969, its a miracle they did as well as they did. There was no doubt those 2 were the best for the job at that time.....both brilliant men.
How many times has this been posted on FR, 5, 6, 7 times? People need to do a search and find if they are referencing something that’s been reported ad nauseum.
I don’t care what
His detractors say
He was a very wise man
In a very good way
RIP Hank
He helped Nixon carry on the Vietnam War for three extra years for political reasons. He has a lot of blood on his hands.
“Peace with honor?” BS
“I thought the old toad would live forever good grief”
When Kissinger was a child, he learned how to play guitar. His teacher was Keith Richards.
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