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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Rodham Clinton reviews Henry Kissinger’s book ‘World Order’ [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)killed between 1969 and 1973, and about 20,000 American GIs. The same basic deal was on the table in '69 that was signed in '73, but Nixon and Kissinger had to show how tough they were and dragged the process out so it could be concluded in the nick of time for the 1972 elections.
Kissinger was the man behind the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende, the duly elected President of Chile, and was responsible for the installation of General Pinochet and his subsequent reign of terror, torture, murder and disappearances. And the imposition of the economic shock doctrine that followed Allende's assassination.
Kissinger is one of the most evil SOBs of the late 20th century. On a par with the likes of Pol Pot, though not in the same class, it must be admitted, as Mao, Stalin and Hitler from the preceding era. He is a monster in human form.