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The US really looks at war criminals and goes “yeah, they should be able to live out the rest of their lives in peace in their own home, surrounded by loved ones” while at the same time locking up black guys for 20 years because they smoked a funny cigarette. And other countries still take them seriously. We’re all idiots, no exceptions.

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Wasn’t this guy awarded some kind of Nobel prize for peace or something?

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Yes. After one of the genocides he helped enable but before the other genocides he went on to help enable.

He’s not the only genocidaire to get the Nobel Peace Prize but he’s probably the most egregiously evil of them.

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Also the North Vietnamese counter part Lê Đức Thọ did not accept the prize as his country still didnt see peace.

So Kissinger received the peace prize for a non existing peace.

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It was controversial even at the time.

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The US Dollar being the international standard currency of business and international trade does that… Of course having a military and military budget that exceeds the sum of the next 5 biggest militaries helps.

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Good thing my mom can’t get health care.

Hoo-Rah!

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Maybe if she asks nicely she can get a tank?

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This a bit out of date. Who’s locked up for smoking a joint? Personal use is a ticket in harsh states, and legal in most states.

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Do you think they just happily released all of those who were previously convicted and sentenced for possession just because we may not be as harsh with the sentencing now?

There are absolutely people whose lives have been ruined over it, still sitting in prison for being the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I’d be curious to know if there’s any confirmation that personal use/possession doesn’t lead to jail time for anybody in the us anymore.

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You don’t have to be black for the pigs to harass you. Just poor. But being black certainly don’t help.

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111 points

Can’t believe this fucker lived longer than Betty White!

Where is your God? Where is your God now???

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83 points

At least Bob Barker had the decency to get as close to 100 as possible without going over.

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claps

Bravo

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I’m ticked off that he made it to a hundred, but my grandfather died eight days short of that milestone.

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Noooo I forgot she passed, now I’m sad.

She was a joy.

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4 points

And including Lualhati Bautista, Fred Rogers, and a few more kindred souls, of which we lost some too soon into their long lives…

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This guy is almost singlehandled responsible for everything that happened in Vietnam. Good riddance.

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That’s very narrow-minded. He committed atrocities in Cambodia too. Good riddance indeed.

I won’t miss seeing his op-eds published during major conflicts like he was some kind of diplomatic guru. What a monster.

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And Laos. And indirectly Bangladesh and Chile.

Better go stand in the line to spit on his grave now, it’s going to be a long one.

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And East Timor, Pakistan, Argentina…

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7 points

Don’t forget Laos!

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42 points

Hey now, give Nixon the credit he deserves for also making things worse.

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Also the peace.

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Ah yes, nothing else embodies peace quite like the Vietnam War

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A real life monster who took pleasure from death of millions. Oh and the people who defend this terrorist may suffer the same fate as his victims https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/

There were “few people who have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger,” said veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.

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Behind the Bastards podcast had a great series on him!

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Someone on another thread shared this blunt exposition of Kissinger’s many sins against the country and the world.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/

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17 points

Wow, a six parter?

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12 points

It was a lot of bastardy

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the guy was walking scum with power. he is one of the few people in my opinion that deserves the death penalty for their crimes.

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Break it down for me in a ten-second video while twerking.

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/twerk_continuously

  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger was so bad, his death is pretty rad!

/end_twerk

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Robert Evans sends his regards!

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