Click here for an article by Robert Reich on Substack entitled "Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023. War criminal."
He discusses at some length Kissinger's malevolent involvement in Pinochet's violent overthrow of Salvador Allende's democratically elected government in Chile, a military coup with thousands tortured, murdered, and executed. Allende referred to his government policy as "the Chilean way to socialism," which of course was anathema to Nixon and his merry band, so they turned a blind eye to Pinochet's bloodsoaked regime from 1973 to 1990.
Reich focuses his article on Chile, but that was only one of a number of places where Kissinger could justifiably have been prosecuted for war crimes. Another was the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Here's what Anthony Bourdain posted on Twitter about Kissinger and Cambodia in 2001:
"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 Milosevic."
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