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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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He was known for his practice of "realpolitik" — engaging with the world based on practical objectives rather than moral ideals — and was credited with the secret diplomacy that helped thaw U.S. relations with China. But he was also accused of alleged war crimes for the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, backing Pakistan's genocide in Bangladesh, and green-lighting the Argentine dictatorship's "dirty war" against dissidents.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Man fuck this headline.

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with: Henry Kissinger, war criminal and complete piece of garbage, finally died. The world is a better place now.

[–] DannyMac@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Living to 100 was a pretty big "fuck you" though :\

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

His death will not bring the thousands of families he's murdered.

I hope his death was painful.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Are we supposed to pretend the Nobel Peace Prize means anything? This headline and the entire concept of Henry Kissinger (among others) being a global representative of peace is like the purest imaginable rendition of Orwellian doublespeak bullshit, such that it feels like my head should just explode.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is one case where I think it's perfectly legitimate to downvote simply based on the headline.

[–] Armen12@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Nobel winner for what? Murdering millions of innocent people?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, Kissinger Associates, Inc said in a statement.

The original article contains 32 words, the summary contains 32 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TIL Henry Kissinger was still alive. I would've guessed he'd died in the 90s.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Death didn't want to touch that bastard.