It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but “an important person” that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

  • Icedrous@sh.itjust.works
    53·
    11 months ago

    I don’t even know who that is, and I was surprised to see so many posts seemingly celebrating someone’s death

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
      172·
      11 months ago

      Former National Security advisor and Secretary of State who, among other things, deliberately prolonged the Vietnam War just to get Nixon elected, drove policies which decimated Cambodia and Laos, and had ties to the Pinochet regime. Western Liberals prefer to remember him for setting up talks with China, and detente with the Soviets. The founder of realpolitik and symbol of Western imperialism over the last half of the 20th century.

      Many of us have been waiting a long, long time to piss on his grave, including (I’m sure) the families of the half-million or so people who died in Indochina because of the extended war and carpet-bombing.

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          21·
          11 months ago

          Smart thinking. If you wait a little while, the ocean of piss that will be his grave will likely make it way easier to add your contribution.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        remember him for setting up talks with China, and detente with the Soviets. The founder of realpolitik and symbol of Western imperialism over the last half of the 20th century

        Now we’re getting to my question!