Henry Kissinger apologises for 1973 'gassing Jews in Soviet Union' remarks

[Omaha Steve]

Source: DNA

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has apologised for his remarks he made in 1973 during a conversation with the then US President Richard Nixon, when he had said that it would not be an American concern if the Soviet Union sent its Jews to the gas chambers.

According to The Jerusalem Post, Kissinger made the apology in a Washington Post opinion piece and said: "References to gas chambers have no place in political discourse, and I am sorry I made that remark 37 years ago."

Kissinger's conversation with Nixon was recorded and he could be heard saying that the emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy.

"And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern," he had said.

Read more: http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_henry-kissinger-apologises-for-1973-gassing-jews-in-soviet-union-remarks_1485950

[Orrex]

1. Well, you have to admire his quickness to act

38 years would have been waaaay too long a delay.

[unblock]

15. making it obvious that he's sorry the statement got out, not that he said it.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Partisan tool, first; Jew, second

human being, dead last.

[WCGreen]

3. Well, at least he's quicker with his apologies than the Vatican...

[elleng]

4. Yea, he's younger, too.

s.o.b.

[lumpy]

6. Funny how so many ex-politicians try to repent when thinking

about "meeting their maker", wanting to clear the air, etc. I remember watching a roundtable of ex-USA Secretaries of State who had changed their stances on certain issues, contrary to their previous actions on issues when they were in office. Just like elderly people who "see the light" in hopes of making it into heaven. Astounding.

[freshwest]

10. Kissinger will outlive most of us.

But he's so old and still traveling the globe in what appears to be good health. Sometimes I wonder if he and Cheney are clones.

[mike_c]

12. not by much....

:rofl:

[harvey007]

5. Only someone with an evil heart would say that

American foreign policy is f*cked up, thanks to men with mindsets like that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger

[onethatcares]

7. he probably prefaced it with

"I would be sorry if anyone was offended by the remarks I might have made"

Jeez,don't these people ever die? they're like vampires.

[daleo]

8. And about Viet Nam, Henry

Napalm, Agent Orange, cluster bombs, carpet bombing...

Just saying.

[Rex]

9. Another peice of shit politican speaks up about stupid comments

a GENERATION later...what a fucking joke Henry is, hey I hope he gets rendered one day for all the evil shit he has done to the world. Dickless Cheney can join him in Hell, one can only dream.

[Towlie]

11. "MAYBE a humanitarian concern"? - So what did he think would DEFINITELY be a humanitarian concern?

[Fool Count]

13. This apology seems to be directed towards the jews. He should also apologise

to the (former) Soviets, who have never put (or were about to put) their jews into gas chambers,
but rather paid more dearly then anyone else for stopping those who did.

[go west young man]

17. So true. 26-28 million dead.

No other nation paid such a price. Ever.

[valerief]

14. Henry Who, I mean, Henry Whocares? nt

[Joe Bacon]

16. He'll never apologize for what he did in Chile!

Oh, that old fart will never apologize for all the innocent Chilean people he killed. Fuck him.

[Alamuti Lotus]

18. Why has he not been arrested and executed for his many, many abominations in and out of office?

[captain jack]

19. Because he is America. You are the anomoly here. nt

[captain jack]

20. An apology from such scum means nothing to both of us. nt.

[aquart]

21. That's all he has to apologize for?

Oh, Henry.