hooray for democracy

Our democratically elected leader (don't laugh)'s latest appointee brings
the following impressive pro-democracy resume back to our shining beacon
of justice government:

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An indictment of Henry Kissinger for genocide, crimes against humanity,
and war crimes would include (but not be confined to) the following.
VIETNAM: Kissinger scuttled peace talks in 1968, paving the way for
Richard Nixon's victory in the presidential race. Half the battle deaths
in Vietnam took place between 1968 and 1972, not to mention the millions
of civilians throughout Indochina who were killed.
CAMBODIA: Kissinger persuaded Nixon to widen the war with massive bombing
of Cambodia and Laos. No one had suggested we go to war with either of
these countries. By conservative estimates, the U.S. killed 600,000
civilians in Cambodia and another 350,000 in Laos.
BANGLADESH: Using weapons supplied by the U.S., General Yahya Khan
overthrew the democratically elected government and murdered at least
half a million civilians in 1971. In the White House, the National
Security Council wanted to condemn these actions. Kissinger refused. Amid
the killing, Kissinger thanked Khan for his "delicacy and tact."
CHILE: Kissinger helped to plan the 1973 U.S.-backed overthrow of the
democratically elected Salvador Allende and the assassination of General
René Schneider. Right-wing general Augusto Pinochet then took over.
Moderates fled for their lives. Hit men, financed by the CIA, tracked
down Allende supporters and killed them. These attacks included the car
bombing of Allende's foreign minister, Orlando Letelier, and an aide,
Ronni Moffitt, at Sheridan Circle in downtown Washington.
EAST TIMOR: In 1975 President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger met
with Indonesia's corrupt strongman Suharto. Kissinger told reporters the
U.S. wouldn't recognize the tiny country of East Timor, which had
recently won independence from the Dutch. Within hours Suharto launched
an invasion, killing, by some estimates, 200,000 civilians.
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