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[–]youfuckingtwat 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Excellent quote. There's much more on his promotion of the Israel lobby, US funding for Israel, and especially Israel's role in destabilizing the middle east via wars, bombings, espionage, false flag attacks, killing the peace processes, and much much more. In that context he's partially responsible for millions of additional deaths, casualties, displaced people and destroyed homes and businesses in the middle east.

EDIT - here's a brief list:

Kissinger held two important offices in his lifetime:

National Security Advisor (1969-1975)

Secretary of State (1973-1977)

Immediately it should be clear to you the role this man played in directing much of the US Empire's foreign policy during the latter half of the 20th Century.

Now, let's get more specific about Henry Kissinger's crimes against humanity.

Angola

Henry Kissinger while Sec. of State, was responsible for US involvement in the Angolan Civil War
    Through Operation IA Feature in 1975, Kissinger secretly aided the fascist groups UNITA and FNLA in their insurgency against the democratic Angolan government.
    Kissinger also backed Apartheid South Africa's Operation Savannah (1975-1976), a secret invasion of Angola
        the role of an openly white supremacist state like Apartheid South Africa in this war says a lot.
    The civil war lasted 26 years with full US support throughout. 800,000 Angolan people were killed.

Argentina

In 1976, as part of Kissinger's Operation Condor, there was a CIA-backed coup of the democratic Peronist government, installing dictator Jorge Rafael Videla
    During his time in power he used the fascist Triple A militia as well as his own military forces to kill up to 30,000 political dissidents including nuns, teachers, artists, labour unionists and thousands of students. 1.9k-3k Jewish people were also targeted.

Bangladesh & Pakistan

Kissinger's State Department supported Pakistan's 1971 genocidal campaign in Bangladesh which resulted in the deaths of 3 million Bangladeshis.

Brazil

Kissinger was involved in materially supporting the military dictatorship in Brazil during his time in government.
    The regime tortured and killed hundreds of Brazilians accused of political dissidence. All perpetrators were pardoned.

Bolivia

As part of Kissinger's Operation Condor, in 1971 a CIA-backed coup overthrew the democratic government of Bolivia and installed dictator Hugo Banzer.
    The Banzer regime tortured, raped and killed over 2,000 political opponents in the aftermath of this coup

Chile

Kissinger was responsible for the 1973 coup in Chile. Kissinger used the CIA to destabilise the democratic Allende government and lay the foundation for the Augusto Pinochet's fascist junta government.
    Under the Pinochet regime, at least 27,255 people were tortured and 2,279 people were killed. Much of this was part of Operation Condor.

Indonesia & East Timor

Kissinger supported the invasion of East Timor by fascist Indonesian dictator Suharto (installed in 1968 by the previous US administration).
    The Indonesian military occupied East Timor for 23 years. Over 200,000 Timorese people were killed during both the invasion and the occupation. This was around a third of its population. The massacre is known as the East Timor Genocide.

Indochina (Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam)

During the Second Indochina War (aka the Vietnam War), Kissinger was involved in the planning and execution of Operation Menu (1969-1970) which involved the illegal carpet bombing of Cambodia in an attempt to destroy the supply routes of the Vietnamese resistance.
    This Operation was considered a failure and resulted in over 4,000 civilian deaths

Kissinger also ordered the similar Operation Freedom Deal (1970-1973). This period of carpet bombing killed 50,000 to 150,000 civilians.

Kissinger was party to the illegal 'secret war' in Laos. The bombing campaign Operation Barrel Roll killed tens of thousands between 1964 and 1973, yet the US failed to achieve its military objectives.

After peace negotiations went south in 1972, Kissinger and Nixon orchestrated Operation Linebacker II, killing over 1.5k civilians between 18 December and 29 December. These were known as the 'Christmas Bombings'.

Kissinger was involved in the implementation of Operation Popeye, a chemical weather modification program intending to extend the monsoon season to try and disrupt the Vietnamese resistance's movements.

Kissinger was involved in planning Operation Duck Hook, pushing for a nuclear attack on Vietnam. Thankfully this Operation never came to fruition.

Paraguay

Kissinger's State Department supported the genocidal dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner
    Stroessner was responsible for the enslavement and genocide of the indigenous Ache people.
    With CIA support, as part of Operation Condor, Stroessner partook in brutal repressions of political dissidents, including torture and extrajudicial executions.

Peru

Kissinger supported Morales Bermudez' fascist dictatorship in Peru
    Bermudez was also linked with Kissinger's Operation Condor

Uruguay

The Kissinger State Department supported the 'Civic-Military Dictatorship' of Juan Maria Bordaberry after his coup in 1973
    The dictator killed countless trade unionists who led a peaceful general strike against his despotic government
    Boradaberry was linked to Kissinger's Operation Condor.

Western Sahara

Kissinger supported the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara in 1975, rather than permit the self-determination of the Sahrawi Republic following their seizure of independence from Spain.

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