Viviane ItoNov 30, 2023
Harris Lapiroff
Amidst a sea of mediocre equivocating headlines, Rolling Stone nailed it.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies

Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Rolling Stone
Nov 30, 2023 at 2:52amWeb
Show threadJonas WisserNov 30, 2023
@harris hell yeah
Show threadj7td6uioNov 30, 2023
@jwisser @harris His name must live on as a cautionary tale.
Show threadBill SeitzNov 30, 2023
@harris I miss Hunter S Thompson today.
Show threadBill SeitzNov 30, 2023
@harris and Hitch
https://dankennedy.net/2023/11/30/was-henry-kissinger-a-war-criminal-more-than-20-years-ago-christopher-hitchens-submitted-his-brief/
Was Henry Kissinger a war criminal? More than 20 years ago, Christopher Hitchens submitted his brief

Somehow Henry Kissinger made it to 100 without getting shipped off to The Hague. When word came down Wednesday evening that the Nixon-era secretary of state had died, many were predicting that the …

Media Nation
Show threadMatt BaggottNov 30, 2023
@harris Yes! And the Intercept as well; https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/
Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100

“Few people ... have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger.”

The Intercept
Show threadKevin RiggleNov 30, 2023
@harris Kissinger was a bad dude but can we tell his crimes without lying about US allies resisting occupation by a foreign power? US supplies to Ukraine go through allied countries
Show threadThe TurtleNov 30, 2023
@harris NOT TO BE CELEBRATED.
Show threadThe TurtleNov 30, 2023
@harris rolling stone doesn't fuck around. Fifty years ago, we knew it all.
Show threadThe TurtleNov 30, 2023
@harris as a side not, Jan Wenner can go suck off a hippo.
Show threadGerbrand van DieyenNov 30, 2023
@harris "America, like every empire, champions its state murderers."
Show threadbroonNov 30, 2023
@harris lol this is a weird line
Show threadMatti JärvinenNov 30, 2023
@harris
See @RollingStone, people care for honesty.
Show threadAntonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦Nov 30, 2023

@harris @Compassionatecrab

Yeah, "polarizing" is way too polite. I mean, it makes it seem like his life had a valid point that some of us disagreed with.

Show threadGAC Nov 30, 2023
@harris And just when I thought all the news was AI generated.
Show threadthorcikNov 30, 2023
@harris my favourite quote from this article is "the inauguration of an American tradition of using and then abandoning the Kurds"
Show threadTricot FeelyaNov 30, 2023
@harris Just imagine a Trump second term with Stephen Miller as National Security Advisor, Devin Nunes as Secretary of State, Steve Bannon as Chief of Staff. There never seem to be exact copies in the repetitions of history, but there are some awfully damned close parallels. I could see Donald Trump as another Papa Doc Duvalier and the January 6 insurrectionists/Proud Boys/3%ers as the new Tonton Macoute, Republican ever present fear of “Liberals/Socialists/Communists/Journalists.”
Show threadYavoNov 30, 2023
@harris lol, love the headline!
Show threadDawn Tåke 🌙 Dec 1, 2023
@harris
Perhaps not as evocative as Jacobin's "The Good Die Young," but nail on the fucking head.