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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago

What a pleasant surprise

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.”

-Anthony Bourdain

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Forever miss (jk)

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone update the grim reaper claw machine meme.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://imgflip.com/i/87ph8w

Fresh off the press for you.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

What a shame...

...that he lived to 100.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

FINALLY some good fucking news

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

REST IN PISS YOU PIECE OF SHIT

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Good riddance, better late than never.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Holy shit it really happened.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

At first I didn't believe. Now I just want to know where the new outhouse is going to be installed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

interestingly i heard that his heart has already decayed into extremely rich bitumen. they're planning a memorial where once a year they extract a tablespoon to light a small flame and the smoke will be blown into a cambodian infant's face

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Don't you jinx my Norwegian synth-pop

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I got to excitedly announce this to the room. Today's a good day.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Bye bye fucker! What a horrible douche-canoe that is finally gone.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Not super familiar with him, not sure why he's getting shat on all over Lemmy and praised in the news, and I don't care enough to research him. Could someone give me a TL;DR?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

There's a lot, but the shortest version is that he never saw a war crime he didn't like, and he was in a position to make a lot of them happen.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

He was in charge of American foreign policy during and immediately after the Vietnam War. TLDR he made policy decisions that led to the deaths of probably over 4 million people.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could someone give me a TL;DR?

No. But I can do you better: Part One Kissinger | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not what I'm looking for, but thanks anyway

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not what you wanted, but it's definitely what you need.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Im not sure who he is either but people are pumped about it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck! Spare a thought for the grim reaper.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Give it a week or two. Hell will reincarnate him and send him right back. Even the Devil can't stand Henry Kissinger.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Rest in Piss

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I had always assumed he died decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The devil’s gonna have a bad time with this one!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Note to self: Remember to cry about this...or not. TBD.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago