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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:21 AM Sep 2013

The Top 10 Most Inhuman Henry Kissinger Quotes

Ten quotes that illustrate his megalomania and indifference to the deaths of untold numbers of civilians.










TOP TEN KISSINGER QUOTES
1. Soviet Jews: “The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.” ( link)

2. Bombing Cambodia: “[Nixon] wants a massive bombing campaign in Cambodia. He doesn't want to hear anything about it. It's an order, to be done. Anything that flies on anything that moves.” ( link) (Emphasis added)

3. Bombing Vietnam: "It's wave after wave of planes. You see, they can't see the B-52 and they dropped a million pounds of bombs ... I bet you we will have had more planes over there in one day than Johnson had in a month ... each plane can carry about 10 times the load of World War II plane could carry." ( link)

4. Khmer Rouge: “How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary) kill? Tens of thousands? You should tell the Cambodians (i.e., Khmer Rouge) that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we won’t let that stand in the way. We are prepared to improve relations with them. Tell them the latter part, but don’t tell them what I said before.” (from November 26, 1975 Meeting With Thai Foreign Minister.)

5. Dan Ellsberg: “Because that son-of-a-bitch—First of all, I would expect—I know him well—I am sure he has some more information---I would bet that he has more information that he’s saving for the trial. Examples of American war crimes that triggered him into it…It’s the way he’d operate….Because he is a despicable bastard.” (Oval Office tape, July 27, 1971)

6. Robert McNamara: “Boohoo, boohoo … He’s still beating his breast, right? Still feeling guilty. ” ( Pretending to cry, rubbing his eyes.)

7. Assassination: “It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination.” ( Statement at a National Security Council meeting , 1975)

8. Chile: “I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.” ( link)

9. Illegality-Unconstitutionality : “The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.” (from March 10, 1975 Meeting With Turkish Foreign Minister Melih Esenbel in Ankara, Turkey)

10. Himself: “Americans like the cowboy … who rides all alone into the town, the village, with his horse and nothing else … This amazing, romantic character suits me precisely because to be alone has always been part of my style or, if you like, my technique.” (November 1972 Interview with Oriana Fallaci)



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The Top 10 Most Inhuman Henry Kissinger Quotes (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 OP
That Hank's a real stand-up guy. smokey nj Sep 2013 #1
I thought he's the go to guy now? Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #2
K&R Explains why Kerry wants his input. idwiyo Sep 2013 #3
A first rate fascist malaise Sep 2013 #4
I suspect his next few lives will be spent as a slug or a cockroach. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #5
And he won the Nobel Peace Prize????? (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #6
That is the only example needed to see that the NPP prize doesn't mean shit. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #7
And these are just quotes Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #8
Well, he did negotiate an end to the Vietnam War Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #25
it no longer surprises me that a director of death like kissinger has so many fans on DU KG Sep 2013 #9
Good god what a horror. Orrex Sep 2013 #10
Kissinger is in the top 5 kratos00 Sep 2013 #11
Kissinger might be a douchebag Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #27
#9 is actually pretty funny beerandjesus Sep 2013 #12
^ Wilms Sep 2013 #13
Kissinger is a fascist war criminal who would be in the Hague if there Zorra Sep 2013 #14
Kissinger is a fucking maggot Autumn Sep 2013 #15
+1. jsr Sep 2013 #16
I'd argue that maggots at least serve a purpose in the cycle of life. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2013 #19
Obama, Kerrry and center-right "Democrats" heart Kissinger. The Link Sep 2013 #17
Hank Kissinger's best friend is himself. HughBeaumont Sep 2013 #18
The one about Chile is how the Elite feel about the American electorate. Octafish Sep 2013 #20
#11: "Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." Catherina Sep 2013 #21
Wow grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #22
You beat me to it. B Calm Sep 2013 #26
KNR. DirkGently Sep 2013 #23
I'd love to see what kind of great advice he gave Kerry yesterday DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2013 #24
But he's an expert! morningfog Sep 2013 #28
Kissinger has always been a pig and should be gopiscrap Sep 2013 #29

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
2. I thought he's the go to guy now?
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:28 AM
Sep 2013

vs standup?

Does he do standup?

I don't have the comedy channel or TV

LuvNewcastle

(16,858 posts)
5. I suspect his next few lives will be spent as a slug or a cockroach.
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:59 AM
Sep 2013

He's spent this life as the human equivalent of a deadly virus.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
8. And these are just quotes
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 08:03 AM
Sep 2013

Kerry could use since he likes his book so much and admires him for his great skills.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
25. Well, he did negotiate an end to the Vietnam War
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 04:34 AM
Sep 2013

or at least, America's involvement in it. He was co-recipient of the Peace Prize with Le Duc Tho, whose government had no intention of co-existing peacefully with its southern neighbor. After the US pulled out, North Vietnam ramped up its war against the South, toppling Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City, to rub it into the faces of the defeated South) a little more than 2 years after the American withdrawal.

I am no fan of American involvement in Vietnam, but what the North did to the South was terrible. The country as a whole is today trying to get back to where the South was back in the '60s.

Orrex

(63,225 posts)
10. Good god what a horror.
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 08:27 AM
Sep 2013

If I were in a room with him and Cheney, I wouldn't know who to vomit on first.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
27. Kissinger might be a douchebag
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 06:06 AM
Sep 2013

but there are plenty of historical figures crowding him out of the Top 5, including, but not limited to:

Stalin,
Hitler,
Mao,
Pol Pot
King Leopold II of Belgium
various medieval rulers such as Vlad the Impaler
Ghengis Khan
Attila the Hun

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
14. Kissinger is a fascist war criminal who would be in the Hague if there
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:40 AM
Sep 2013

was any real justice in this country.

It is embarrassing and humiliating that a Democratic Secretary of State would validate this RW criminal by conferring with him.

Catherina

(35,568 posts)
21. #11: "Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 11:30 AM
Sep 2013
Military Soldiers and Officers: "Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."

("In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as 'dumb, stupid animals to be used' as pawns for foreign policy."

-- Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein, The Final Days, p. 208)


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DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
24. I'd love to see what kind of great advice he gave Kerry yesterday
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 01:05 AM
Sep 2013

I'm sure it was just as ethical and upstanding as all of the examples in this list.

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