Kissinger As Liar And War Criminal

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
Henry Kissinger, cited in New York Times Magazine, October 28, 1973

"I knew he was not dead or in jail. But to this American, having [Kissinger] back in government is like finding maggots in a sandwich."
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Henry Kissinger
Democratic Underground, 4 December 2002

Kissinger Lied About Angola - International Herald Tribune - Click here
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"... declassified documents have since shown him to be a bald-faced liar.... On Memorial Day 2001, Kissinger was visited by the police in the Ritz Hotel in Paris and handed a warrant, issued by Judge Roger LeLoire, requesting his testimony in the matter of disappeared French citizens in Pinochet's Chile. Kissinger chose to leave town rather than appear at the Palais de Justice as requested. He has since been summoned as a witness by senior magistrates in Chile and Argentina who are investigating the international terrorist network that went under the name 'Operation Condor' and that conducted assassinations, kidnappings, and bombings in several countries.... can Congress and the media be expected to swallow the appointment of a proven coverup artist, a discredited historian, a busted liar, and a man who is wanted in many jurisdictions for the vilest of offenses? The shame of this, and the open contempt for the families of our victims, ought to be the cause of a storm of protest."
Why is a proven liar and wanted man in charge of the 9/11 investigation?
Christopher Hitchens, columnist for Vanity Fair, 27 November 2002

"Asking Henry Kissinger to investigate government malfeasance or nonfeasance is akin to asking Slobodan Milosevic to investigate war crimes. Pretty damn akin, since Kissinger has been accused, with cause, of engaging in war crimes of his own. Moreover, he has been a poster-child for the worst excesses of secret government and secret warfare. Yet George W. Bush has named him to head a supposedly independent commission to investigate the nightmarish attacks of September 11, 2001, a commission intended to tell the public what went wrong on and before that day. This is a sick, black-is-white, war-is-peace joke--a cruel insult to the memory of those killed on 9/11 and a screw-you affront to any American who believes the public deserves a full accounting of government actions or lack thereof. It's as if Bush instructed his advisers to come up with the name of the person who literally would be the absolute worst choice for the post and, once they had, said, 'sign him up.'.... He should be subpoenaed, not handed the right to subpoena. He is a target, not an investigator. With Kissinger's appointment, Bush has rendered the independent commission a sham."
Kissinger's Back...As 9/11 Truth-Seeker for Bush
The Nation, 27 November 2002

click here to read more of this article and details of Henry Kissinger's track record

"Kissinger now has another chance to be a player in the great game of international strategy, a game in which truth will inevitably be traded off against perceived national interest, a barter at which the American Machiavelli is a master.... Like Liddy, Poindexter and North, Kissinger has been helped back from eternal obscurity by a deep desire on the part of the nation's conservatives to avenge past humiliations, when men they saw as heroes were forced to answer to the law, and sometimes go to jail. Kissinger's second act is sweeter than most - his murky past has not only gone unpunished, it now looks like the unsettling prologue for US policy in years to come."
Henry's revenge
Guardian, 29 Nov 2002

"Mr Kissinger has been formally asked by an investigating judge in Chile to respond to questions about the killing of an American citizen, Charles Horman, in the wake of the coup. The story of the journalist and film-maker's death became the basis for the 1982 film Missing.... Ever since the arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in Britain in 1998, there have been attempts to show what part the US government played in the coup that brought him to power. Of particular interest has been the issue of whether the US effectively gave the military dictatorship carte blanche in dealing with dissidents, even if they were American citizens."
Kissinger may face Chilean court over coup killing
Guardian, 29 March 2002

"With deliberate archness, Hitchens builds a case that Kissinger's actions in office qualify him for prosecution as a war criminal. In the wake of World War II, Japanese soldiers and politicians were hanged for less, and on much scantier evidence than exists about Kissinger. Step by step, Hitchens gives us verse and footnote on how Kissinger promoted policies that he had prior reason to believe would kill hundreds of thousands of civilians in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Chapter by chapter, Hitchens goes on to detail Kissinger's complicity in a litany of coups, assassinations and mass killings in Chile, Bangladesh and Cyprus. Not to mention his sanctioning of the bloody invasion of East Timor ('Timor was not a significant policy problem' - Kissinger) and many other grisly adventures in US foreign policy."
'The Trial of Henry Kissinger' - a Book Review
BBC Online, 18 July 2002

"During Bush's first months in Langley, the CIA under orders from Henry Kissinger launched a campaign of destabilization of Jamaica for the purpose of preventing the re-election of Prime Minister Michael Manley. This included a large-scale campaign to foment violence during the election, and large amounts of illegal arms were shipped into the island. $10 million was spent on the attempt to overthrow Manley, and at least three assassination attempts took place with the connivance of the CIA. During his year at Langley, Bush was especially forthcoming towards Wall Street, above all towards the family firm. On at least one occasion, Bush gave an exclusive private briefing, including forecasts on the future development of the world energy market, for partners and executives of Brown Brothers, Harriman. Such an incident, it is superfluous to point out, entails the gravest questions of conflict of interest."
"George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography"
by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin

"In his book 'Endless Enemies,' Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathan Kwitny concludes, 'Fair elections might have been held in 1975 as they were later in Zimbabwe. But back in 1974, the U.S. thought it could do better by political sabotage.' Latin America, Africa, the Middle East. And Asia too, if we include Kissinger's sordid involvement in Indonesia. Like Bin Laden's, Henry Kissinger's initiative was worldwide. Of course, you might say the comparison is unfair. Kissinger was overthrowing governments and aiding and abetting the murder of civilians to protect us. Bin Laden is trying to overthrow governments and is aiding and abetting the murder of civilians to destroy us. True enough. But the message that Kissinger's appointment has sent to the rest of the world is poisonous and antithetical to our announced intention of promoting justice and democracy."
'Kissinger and Bin Laden Offer a Dangerous Symmetry'
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5 Dec 2002

"Doctor Kissinger, you are one of the most notorious practitioners of clandestine warfare and secret government in U.S. history. You oversaw a covert – and arguably illegal – bombing campaign in Cambodia that killed hundreds of thousands, and you have opposed disclosure of information related to government misdeeds. Is that a liability or asset in your new post as head of the independent 9/11 commission? ... Oh wise man Kissinger, in your public life you have been caught lying. As an experienced prevaricator, are you in a better position to ferret out the lies of other government officials?"
David Corn: 'Kissinger's no-press zone'
Alternet, 7 Dec 2002

"Two of the most startling examples of the culture of deception occurred at summit meetings Nixon had with the Soviets and the Chinese. In both cases, Nixon and his National Security Adviser, Henry Kissinger, asked the foreign leaders to join them in lies to deceive Nixon’s own Secretary of State, William Rogers.... If anyone comes off worse in this history than Nixon, it is Kissinger. In Reeves’ account, the former National Security Adviser is a grotesque monument to ambition, insecurity and deception."
Inside the White House That Was Built of Lies
Time Magazine 5 Nov 2001

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