Was Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?

"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize." Tom Lehrer

Henry Kissinger being awarded Nobel peace prize has to be the irony of the century

Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger is like giving the Nobel Physics prize to a flat Earther.

In Hanoi, Vietnam, where the US "bombed to devastate it back to the Stone Age", we still keep the body of a B52 aircraft, and commonly name our dogs as "Nix"

Imagine your parents running away from the Nazis, to give your son an opportunity, just for him to gain power, and years later, do the same they were running from, to another country.

One thing to bitterly remember: You are never a war criminal as long as you are the winner of the war. There are no crimes, if you're the one writing the laws.

"It's so fucking hot down here oh shit oh fuck." -Henry Kissinger, 29 November 2023

Henry Kissinger killed my grandfather in 1971. My wife is a lawyer. We were preparing a case to bring him in the court. We tried to contact the State Department regarding this matter. We received no cooperation. Now it is completely over.

It's literally so depressing that how one person can destroy the lives of millions and yet be awarded prizes and be seen as a master strategist.

"Even if he were still alive". He lived for 100 years and he was still not held accountable for all the destruction he has done.

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

10:20 Wow it's actually insane the ability of Americans to always trying to justify what they did during the Cold War like somehow all the wars, coups, genocides and dictators they supported can be justified cause they were in a Cold War. Just cause you're having a Cold War with another superpower, doesn't mean you get or should do any of these horrible things or trying to justify all the horrible things Kissinger did

Asking if Henry Kissinger was a war criminal, with this much evidence on the table, and then going "Well... it depends! It was certainly a difficult time" is honestly infuriating

The full quote: “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. While Henry continues to nibble nori rolls and remake at A-list parties, Cambodia, the neutral nation he secretly and illegally bombed, invaded, under-mined, and then threw to the dogs, is still trying to raise itself up on its one remaining leg.” -- Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour (2001)

The amount of people still affected by this mans actions after all of these years is terrifying

It's very strange that certain individuals are never the targets of assassination attempts, even in a country overflowing with guns.

As a Cambodian it’s really heart-breaking to see how my family suffered through hand of this man whilst seeing him die peacefully with his family gathered around him and not being punished for his actions at all. He truly is a war criminal but of course the winners don’t really get prosecuted for war crimes now do they?

As a Cambodian, I always hear my grandparents talk about how this guy destroyed Cambodia and later led to Khmer Rouge regime which wiped out half of the population. Thank you so much for bringing this to the public because it’s very sad that this type of people got the noble peace price after what he had done to my country. Right now, Cambodia is getting better and I hope no country in this world will experience on what Cambodia experienced.

"Was Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?" ...yes

I love how the "Indonesian dictator" in this video is essentially He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.