Henry A. Kissinger (click here) was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the 56th
Secretary of State, a position he held until January 20, 1977. He also
served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from
January 20, 1969, until November 3, 1975.
Does the country need to be reminded about the wrongful war into Vietnam?
It is so ironic to have John McCain and Kissinger in the same room. McCain the POW and Kissinger Secretary of State.
Vietnam. Oh, yeah. The remnants of WWII that just won't die. The Domino Effect that never happened. The Tonkin Incident that was nothing more then radar "ghosts." The escalation under Johnson that gave the USA Treasury to spill out lots of money for a war that was a killing machine. By the time the USA left in 1975, there were over one million dead people and over 50 thousand America troops buried to be listed on a black wall in DC. America at it's greatest. All the hearing needed was the current Secretary of State John Kerry and the picture would be complete.
I can't believe the Republicans called a 91 year old man to testify to the committee just to get back that feel good feel of bloodshed.
If Vietnam could ever resolve their fears of China there might even be a trial of war crimes. Code Pink is not very far from the truth. Defoliants and cancers and birth defects. The suffering didn't end when the USA left. Vietnam could go forward with charges against the USA if it had records to document the war and witnesses to the ravages of the country. There was so much damage done to that region of the world. It wasn't difficult for the Khmer Rouge to come to power with a more devastating war taking place across the border. They looked tame compared to the tactics of the USA.
Does the country need to be reminded about the wrongful war into Vietnam?
It is so ironic to have John McCain and Kissinger in the same room. McCain the POW and Kissinger Secretary of State.
Vietnam. Oh, yeah. The remnants of WWII that just won't die. The Domino Effect that never happened. The Tonkin Incident that was nothing more then radar "ghosts." The escalation under Johnson that gave the USA Treasury to spill out lots of money for a war that was a killing machine. By the time the USA left in 1975, there were over one million dead people and over 50 thousand America troops buried to be listed on a black wall in DC. America at it's greatest. All the hearing needed was the current Secretary of State John Kerry and the picture would be complete.
I can't believe the Republicans called a 91 year old man to testify to the committee just to get back that feel good feel of bloodshed.
If Vietnam could ever resolve their fears of China there might even be a trial of war crimes. Code Pink is not very far from the truth. Defoliants and cancers and birth defects. The suffering didn't end when the USA left. Vietnam could go forward with charges against the USA if it had records to document the war and witnesses to the ravages of the country. There was so much damage done to that region of the world. It wasn't difficult for the Khmer Rouge to come to power with a more devastating war taking place across the border. They looked tame compared to the tactics of the USA.
