Henry Kissinger DoA

Yakov P. Golyadkin

Goodnight, sweet prince.

They'll surely be dancing in the streets of Cambodia (amongst other places) at this news. Whatever your view of him, and mine is rather dim, he was one of the pre-eminent figures of post WW2 politics and statecraft. And it seemed he would never die

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67574495

Kermit.de.frog

RIP. The conspiracy theorists will be devastated.

scruff monkey

the fires of hell will glow so much brighter for his presence.

Scipri0

Good riddance to the prick!! He caused a lot of death and destruction. Watch all the news say how wonderful he was, but neglect or pass over what he did in Cambodia.

Sometimes I wish I believed in Hell, it'd be great comfort knowing he was there.

RabbleRouser2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436002#Comment_121436002

Don't need to believe in Hell, it'll exist whether we do or don't believe in it. And Hell believes in you! 😁

Man, Kissinger made it to 100. Most people he helped kill would have been happy with a quarter of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQNV3KGQiS0

silverharp

I appreciated his death bed confession recently

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1730061913273364944

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436049#Comment_121436049

Page is down... now up

Tony EH

No loss whatsoever.

Tis but a pity he didn't go sooner. Much sooner.

https://youtu.be/L5cwDFwteIY

https://youtu.be/PMN00XcjYrU?t=54

Oscar_Madison

Basil Faulty mentioned Henry Kissinger -

Sybil Fawlty:

Who ls out?

Basil Fawlty:

Kurt! Who do you think, Henry Kissinger?

RobbingBandit

Nixon is waiting for him with open arms

RabbleRouser2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436049#Comment_121436049

And he would know... he was an immigrant. Born in Germany.

StringerBell

Bout time is something a more callous person might say, I'll just think it.

eightieschewbaccy

Good to have a good news story at this stage. Bye bye!

whisky_galore

Shítty faux intellectual. The Yanks really thought the sun shone out of his arse.

Packrat

Good riddance. The pity is that he got so many years whilst he destroyed so many millions of lives figuratively and literally.

An utter cnnt.

cheese sandwich

Taken too young xx

m2_browning

To be fair at least he admitted to being wrong on Ukraine going from “appease stronk Russia by handing over a quarter of another country” to “wow my whole life i assumed Russia are not clowns, huh I was wrong”

that’s something a lot of people alive not seem capable of, plenty of cheering for pure evil in parallel threads

2smiggy

horrid man, directly responsible for the death and suffering of millions

ancapailldorcha

Absolutely vile man. One of the worst human beings of last century and that's saying something.

steddyeddy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436049#Comment_121436049

I find that a remarkable example of his lack of introspection. He was of a different culture and religion, and caused more death and destruction than most Americans.

Topgear on Dave

Need to change the title of the thread.

"Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger RIP"

bnt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436272#Comment_121436272

As noted political satirist Tom Lehrer put it: "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize".

(Lehrer is 95 and has now outlived Kissenger.)

DellyBelly

Heard that he had died overnight. Must say I was a bit shocked when I heard...hasn't heard he was sick. An incredible man...some life story

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436272#Comment_121436272

No.

TagoMago

'The Trial of Henry Kissinger' by Christopher Hitchens is worth a read, it's astounding how one person could have caused so much chaos and misery in so many parts of the world. To say history will not be kind to him would be a massive understatement.

ollkiller

Oh what a beautiful morning. Mass murderer dead. I'd say the celebrations in the countries he affected are well on their way.

breezy1985

Today died another c_nt who adds to the list of examples that proves people who say "don't speak I'll of the dead" are morons.

cheese sandwich

Good obituary in The Times for those who can get past the paywall

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/63666194-d2e9-4fbc-bc77-6a812565f6ce?shareToken=53459ffdfdad158d99dd8b1c636bb1ea

It’s pretty rounded and not very flattering, although he had a remarkable life

m2_browning

I prefer this one

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1730187704082510003

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121436374#Comment_121436374

You were shocked a 100- year- old man died. Incredible is an interesting word to use.

It's Incredible the amount of carnage and misery he caught. It's also incredible you see fit to pay tribute to a man who was instrumental in facilitating the deaths of countless thousands of people.