Kissinger at 100: How Should We Evaluate The Legacy of One of The Most Destructive Humans Ever?
My two cents on the oldest living war criminal
Henry Kissinger turns 100 today.
Long after his contemporaries at Harvard and the White House have faded from view and into the recess of history, the old bugger is very much here with us and still being talked about as ever.
It is impossible to tell the story of the second half of the 20th century without writing about Kissinger, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammed Ali and John F. Kennedy.
And when we narrow the scope of our assignment to the United States of America post-1945, the discussion essentially revolves around the one individual —Henry Kissinger.
It is no exaggeration to state that the latest centenarian is the military industrial-complex personified; that he wielded far more power and influence than the likes of Richard Nixon, who appointed him in the very first place.
And to those who have made it this far, you may be wondering what exactly do I mean by this?
The Vietnam war.
Even though a fair number of Americans were opposed to the Indo-China war, a vast majority of the American people had no idea of the extremity of the crimes which were…