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“Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100,” was the headline in HuffPost announcing the death of Henry Kissinger.
Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara were responsible for getting the U.S. involved in the quagmire in Vietnam, but they were Democrats who worked for Democratic presidents. When the left talks about “war criminals” and “genocide” in Vietnam, they always leave those foreign policy leaders out of the discussion. It’s almost as if Lyndon Johnson didn’t send 500,000 Americans to Vietnam and leave a horrific mess for President Nixon to get out of.
Kissinger had the unique ability to drive left-wing radicals beyond the bend. His abilities in that department have been surpassed only by Donald Trump. But Kissinger’s greatest sin was that he was smarter than all of them.
Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, authors of the book “Fail Safe,” had Kissinger in mind when they created the character Professor Groeteschele, seen in the film and novel regaling an audience at a dinner party with stories about how nuclear war might start.
The notion that Kissinger was some kind of warmonger persisted until his death. In fact, no one had done more for the cause of peace than Henry Kissinger.
Winston Lord, a former ambassador to China and special assistant to Kissinger on the National Security Council, probably knew him best.
“The world has lost a tireless advocate for peace. America has lost a towering champion for the national interest. I have lost a cherished friend and mentor,” he said. “Henry blended the European sense of tragedy and the American immigrant’s sense of hope.
