“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” This was an odd and disconcerting joke for former Secretary Henry Kissinger to have made to the Turkish Foreign Minister in 1975. It is worth pointing out that it seems this line was a common tool in the Secretary’s arsenal of charm that he regularly deployed across the globe.
Kissinger is a Cabal man and one of the most monstrous people to ever have walked the earth. That aside, these bombings effects were a drop in the bucket to the communist genocide that was going on.
This is nonsense. To begin with the Vietnamese we’re using Cambodia as a hide out and a staging area to kill our troops. Also, as someone who turned 18 on March 3 1972 it was with great relief to me and my family when the Paris Peace Accords were signed on January 29, 1972. So it is easy with 50. Years hindsight to bitch about something that contemporary American doesn’t understand.
I'm a couple years younger than you- born 3/17/56. I was no less relieved than you to see war in Vietnam winding down when I was a teenager.
I always welcome a look back at our history, so long as it's done in an honest way. Meaning, look at the WHOLE truth; don't selectively pick and choose the facts to support a narrative. Especially when the narrative is to run down our country.
I have been fortunate to have visited Vietnam twice, in 2013. It's a beautiful country, and I found the people friendly to Americans. I hope I'll be able to return one day.
Writing about this emotion-laden time in our history is difficult. People can disagree about whether the Cambodian operations and death were necessary for our national interests, but one thing I won't debate is the need for oversight of those making decisions in our government. Kissinger failed mightily when "authentic documents associated with these strikes were burned and phony target coordinates and other forged data were supplied to the Pentagon and eventually Congress." He threw out on a trash heap our 3 branches. Just my opinion.
Kissinger is a Cabal man and one of the most monstrous people to ever have walked the earth. That aside, these bombings effects were a drop in the bucket to the communist genocide that was going on.
This is nonsense. To begin with the Vietnamese we’re using Cambodia as a hide out and a staging area to kill our troops. Also, as someone who turned 18 on March 3 1972 it was with great relief to me and my family when the Paris Peace Accords were signed on January 29, 1972. So it is easy with 50. Years hindsight to bitch about something that contemporary American doesn’t understand.
I'm a couple years younger than you- born 3/17/56. I was no less relieved than you to see war in Vietnam winding down when I was a teenager.
I always welcome a look back at our history, so long as it's done in an honest way. Meaning, look at the WHOLE truth; don't selectively pick and choose the facts to support a narrative. Especially when the narrative is to run down our country.
I have been fortunate to have visited Vietnam twice, in 2013. It's a beautiful country, and I found the people friendly to Americans. I hope I'll be able to return one day.
Writing about this emotion-laden time in our history is difficult. People can disagree about whether the Cambodian operations and death were necessary for our national interests, but one thing I won't debate is the need for oversight of those making decisions in our government. Kissinger failed mightily when "authentic documents associated with these strikes were burned and phony target coordinates and other forged data were supplied to the Pentagon and eventually Congress." He threw out on a trash heap our 3 branches. Just my opinion.
F'ing armchair generals. Kissinger was worth a thousand of you and this revisionist sewage.