The crimes against humanity of Henry Kissinger are well known on this site and have been thoroughly cataloged in many places. He’s a despicable human being without a hint of a soul and his signature bit of inhumanity is his orchestrating of Nixon’s execution of the War in Vietnam. The fact that his crimes have never been prosecuted, despite the copious evidence that abounds (much of it from Kissinger’s own lips and pen) is one of the most serious indictments of American culture — and that’s saying something.
Hillary Clinton thinks Henry Kissinger is a great man. She has been explicit in her praise of his world view, and has amply and publicly admired of his skill as a statesman. In the Democratic Debate of two days ago, she basked in the warmth of his approval of her work at State.
It is perhaps a signature illustration of the cognitive disconnect required for “Third Way” politicians to straddle the divide they claim to bridge between the American Right and Left that Hillary Clinton claims to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, even as she cherishes the friendship of Henry Kissinger.
This cannot be done with even a vague hint of integrity.
Martin Luther King Jr was a man of peace, a man who changed the world by non-violent means, and who not only stood in the breach against the forces of racism and oppression in American society, but also stood bravely against US hegemony and military violence in Vietnam. This latter stance was doubly brave because he did so opposing LBJ, the President who signed the Voting Rights Act and who was therefore an ally in the cause of civil rights; additionally, in 1967 when MLK decided to oppose the war publicly and forcefully, it was a move, by virtue of its relative unpopularity, that threatened to undermine the gains that had been made in the Civil Rights Movement up till then. The moral courage of his stand against that war cannot be overemphasized.
Martin Luther King was the embodiment of the antithesis of Henry Kissinger’s war-mongering and butchery, and of the multitude of crimes against humanity that he committed in his long and heinous career. Had he not been been assassinated the year before Kissinger took over the execution of the War in Vietnam, Martin Luther King Jr would have been Henry Kissinger’s worst nightmare.
Hillary Clinton is a hypocrite of the first degree to claim to hold both of these men in high regard. One is a hero of historic magnitude and the other is a despicable, albeit extremely clever, criminal of the worst kind.
I hope this country, and especially those to whom the memory of Martin Luther King Jr is cherished and nurtured, reject her candidacy outright, on this account alone. Bernie Sanders was right to call her out on this, thereby exposing her blatant hypocrisy.
Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 · 5:15:13 PM +00:00 · nailbender
Thanks to Kossack subir in the comments who notes that Kissinger teamed up with J Edgar Hoover to assassinate MLK’s character after he had been physically assassinated, for the purpose of discrediting the black antiwar movement that King had brought to life the year before. Subir posted a diary about it here. It’s an important piece of the very disturbing picture that Hillary’s admiration for Kissinger presents to us.