This is the man whom Hillary cites as a friend. Read the quotes and you'll
see why Bernie called her on it last night.
Miriam
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The Top 10 Most Inhuman Henry Kissinger Quotes
By Fred Branfman [1] / AlterNet [2]
February 12, 2016
Henry Kissinger's quote released [3] by Wikileaks, "The illegal we do
immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer," likely brought a
smile to his legions of elite media, government, corporate and high society
admirers. Oh that Henry! That rapier wit! That trademark insouciance! It is
unlikely, however, that the descendants of his more than 6 million victims
in Indochina, and Americans of conscience appalled by his murder of
non-Americans, will share in the amusement. His illegal and unconstitutional
actions had real-world consequences: the ruined lives of millions of
Indochinese innocents in a new form of secret, automated U.S. executive
warfare. (Read Branfman's extended related [4] essay on Kissinger.)
Kissinger has a history of saying outrageous things that reveal a dark
callousness and hostility to the lives of innocent civilians. Here's a
sampling:
Top 10 Kissinger Quotes
1. Soviet Jews: "The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an
objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers
in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian
concern." (link [5])
2. Bombing Cambodia: "[Nixon] wants a massive bombing campaign in Cambodia.
He doesn't want to hear anything about it. It's an order, to be done.
Anything that flies or anything that moves." (link [6])
3. Bombing Vietnam: "It's wave after wave of planes. You see, they can't see
the B-52 and they dropped a million pounds of bombs ... I bet you we will
have had more planes over there in one day than Johnson had in a month ...
each plane can carry about 10 times the load of World War II plane could
carry." (link [7])
4. Khmer Rouge: "How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng
Sary) kill? Tens of thousands? You should tell the Cambodians (i.e., Khmer
Rouge) that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we
won't let that stand in the way. We are prepared to improve relations with
them. Tell them the latter part, but don't tell them what I said before."
(Nov. 26, 1975 meeting [8] with Thai foreign minister)
5. Dan Ellsberg: "Because that son-of-a-bitch-First of all, I would expect-I
know him well-I am sure he has some more information---I would bet that he
has more information that he's saving for the trial. Examples of American
war crimes that triggered him into it.It's the way he'd operate..Because he
is a despicable bastard." (Oval Office tape, July 27, 1971)
6. Robert McNamara: "Boohoo, boohoo . He's still beating his breast, right?
Still feeling guilty. " (Pretending [9] to cry, rubbing his eyes.)
7. Assassination: "It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to
have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination."
(Statement [10] at a National Security Council meeting, 1975)
8. Chile: "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go
communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too
important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." (link
[11])
9. Illegality-Unconstitutionality: "The illegal we do immediately. The
unconstitutional takes a little longer." (from March 10, 1975 meeting with
Turkish foreign minister Melih Esenbel in Ankara, Turkey)
10. On His Own Character: "Americans like the cowboy . who rides all alone
into the town, the village, with his horse and nothing else . This amazing,
romantic character suits me precisely because to be alone has always been
part of my style or, if you like, my technique." (November 1972 interview
with Oriana Fallaci)
Fred Branfman, who died in 2014, was published in the New York Times, the
Washington Post, Harper's, and many other publications. He was the author of
"Voices From the Plain of Jars." AlterNet memorialized his work [12] in an
article.
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The Top 10 Most Inhuman Henry Kissinger Quotes
By Fred Branfman [1] / AlterNet [2]
February 12, 2016
Henry Kissinger's quote released [3] by Wikileaks, "The illegal we do
immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer," likely brought a
smile to his legions of elite media, government, corporate and high society
admirers. Oh that Henry! That rapier wit! That trademark insouciance! It is
unlikely, however, that the descendants of his more than 6 million victims
in Indochina, and Americans of conscience appalled by his murder of
non-Americans, will share in the amusement. His illegal and unconstitutional
actions had real-world consequences: the ruined lives of millions of
Indochinese innocents in a new form of secret, automated U.S. executive
warfare. (Read Branfman's extended related [4] essay on Kissinger.)
Kissinger has a history of saying outrageous things that reveal a dark
callousness and hostility to the lives of innocent civilians. Here's a
sampling:
Top 10 Kissinger Quotes
1. Soviet Jews: "The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an
objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers
in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian
concern." (link [5])
2. Bombing Cambodia: "[Nixon] wants a massive bombing campaign in Cambodia.
He doesn't want to hear anything about it. It's an order, to be done.
Anything that flies or anything that moves." (link [6])
3. Bombing Vietnam: "It's wave after wave of planes. You see, they can't see
the B-52 and they dropped a million pounds of bombs ... I bet you we will
have had more planes over there in one day than Johnson had in a month ...
each plane can carry about 10 times the load of World War II plane could
carry." (link [7])
4. Khmer Rouge: "How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng
Sary) kill? Tens of thousands? You should tell the Cambodians (i.e., Khmer
Rouge) that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we
won't let that stand in the way. We are prepared to improve relations with
them. Tell them the latter part, but don't tell them what I said before."
(Nov. 26, 1975 meeting [8] with Thai foreign minister)
5. Dan Ellsberg: "Because that son-of-a-bitch-First of all, I would expect-I
know him well-I am sure he has some more information---I would bet that he
has more information that he's saving for the trial. Examples of American
war crimes that triggered him into it.It's the way he'd operate..Because he
is a despicable bastard." (Oval Office tape, July 27, 1971)
6. Robert McNamara: "Boohoo, boohoo . He's still beating his breast, right?
Still feeling guilty. " (Pretending [9] to cry, rubbing his eyes.)
7. Assassination: "It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have
a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination." (Statement
[10] at a National Security Council meeting, 1975)
8. Chile: "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go
communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too
important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." (link
[11])
9. Illegality-Unconstitutionality: "The illegal we do immediately. The
unconstitutional takes a little longer." (from March 10, 1975 meeting with
Turkish foreign minister Melih Esenbel in Ankara, Turkey)
10. On His Own Character: "Americans like the cowboy . who rides all alone
into the town, the village, with his horse and nothing else . This amazing,
romantic character suits me precisely because to be alone has always been
part of my style or, if you like, my technique." (November 1972 interview
with Oriana Fallaci)
Fred Branfman, who died in 2014, was published in the New York Times, the
Washington Post, Harper's, and many other publications. He was the author of
"Voices From the Plain of Jars." AlterNet memorialized his work [12] in an
article.
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