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62. Blinken praises Kissinger.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2023, 09:55 AM

Nov 2023

“Secretary Kissinger really set the standard for everyone who followed in this job,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday of Kissinger. Blinken added that he had sought counsel from the former diplomatic chief many times, including most recently about a month ago.

“He was extraordinarily generous with his wisdom, with his advice. Few people were better students of history. Even fewer people did more to shape history than Henry Kissinger,” Blinken said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/30/henry-kissinger-death-reactions-controversy/

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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 Reuters [View all] littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 OP

WOW!!! elleng Nov 2023 #1

elleng.......... Upthevibe Nov 2023 #38

Liquor stores are about to experience a champagne run. NYC Liberal Nov 2023 #2

Pssst! MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #25

paraphrasing Mark Twain... mike_c Nov 2023 #3

What He Said!!! The Roux Comes First Nov 2023 #43

Twain, again. wcollar Nov 2023 #64

FINALLY !! dweller Nov 2023 #4

+1000 roamer65 Nov 2023 #42

I am so stealing that Ray Bruns Nov 2023 #63

My favorite Kissinger anecdote no_hypocrisy Nov 2023 #5

I love Al Franken. Sky Jewels Nov 2023 #14

Those skits with Dan Ackroyd as Nixon and Belushi as Kissinger...LOL LeftInTX Nov 2023 #15

Good riddance. Dave Bowman Nov 2023 #6

THIS ☝️ InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2023 #29

I'll sleep a little better tonight The Blue Flower Nov 2023 #7

Good riddance to the person who - along with "Dick" Nixon tied our economy to oil Caribbeans Nov 2023 #8

Good riddance to bad rubbish PghTiny Nov 2023 #9

Only the good die young Freddie Nov 2023 #10

Actually glad it is not true Lithos Nov 2023 #44

True Freddie Nov 2023 #61

I forgot about that Lithos Nov 2023 #65

HOORAY! Sky Jewels Nov 2023 #11

No Paywall - WaPo - In Depth LeftInTX Nov 2023 #12

Well.... bye. yardwork Nov 2023 #12

Wish he would have taken Drump with him SouthernDem4ever Nov 2023 #16

Paradise is Henry Kissinger heading off to hell with Trump tucked under one arm and Gregg Abbott tucked under the other. Comfortably_Numb Nov 2023 #17

You win the internet today! FakeNoose Nov 2023 #39

Managed to outlive lots and lots of actual decent and useful human beings. nt Carlitos Brigante Nov 2023 #18

It's easy to outlive millions when you're the one killing them. dem4decades Nov 2023 #33

Rolling Stone got the headline correct hibbing Nov 2023 #19

Nice. progressoid Nov 2023 #21

Yep MorbidButterflyTat Nov 2023 #26

Bravo! dpibel Nov 2023 #28

Our friends over at Lawyers, Guns, and Money were not kind to Kissinger AverageOldGuy Nov 2023 #53

Exactly! burrowowl Nov 2023 #59

WOW and here I thought thr devil had granted him eternal life.. nt Raine Nov 2023 #20

Ding Dong, the ... is dead. nt needed TeamProg Nov 2023 #22

The queen is dead WVreaper Nov 2023 #35

He doesn't belong to the ages now. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #23

Jimmy wins! Rastapopoulos Nov 2023 #24

To borrow a line from the movie Giant rpannier Nov 2023 #27

Fuck yeah utopian Nov 2023 #30

Finally beyond the reach of the Hague. marble falls Nov 2023 #31

The good die young DBoon Nov 2023 #32

So Long you evil bastard montanacowboy Nov 2023 #34

Rot in hell, motherfucker Wild blueberry Nov 2023 #36

So long, war monger! From The Ashes Nov 2023 #37

Finally IronLionZion Nov 2023 #40

Hopefully they hide his grave site angrychair Nov 2023 #41

one more grave to dance on ZonkerHarris Nov 2023 #45

Best news of the last 6 months!!!!! BigmanPigman Nov 2023 #46

--- somethin', somethin, .... you're only suppose't say somethin' good about someone 3Hotdogs Nov 2023 #47

His "Associates" were a nasty bunch as well DFW Nov 2023 #48

Maybe this good account can finally leave twitter blogslug Nov 2023 #49

Ding dong the witch is dead..the wicked witch is dead!! PortTack Nov 2023 #50

Rolling Stone got it right. No bullshit. "Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies usonian Nov 2023 #51

Proof . . . AverageOldGuy Nov 2023 #52

Let's hope it's the beginning of a trend of old evil Republicans shuffling off this mortal coil. pecosbob Nov 2023 #54

do not toast the man but i toast his death dembotoz Nov 2023 #55

renenber the great tom lehrer said it best dembotoz Nov 2023 #56

hallelujah. SalamanderSleeps Nov 2023 #57

Nothing to celebrate.... The Grand Illuminist Nov 2023 #58

Usually when people die others respect the dead. Not so in this case. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #60

Blinken praises Kissinger. former9thward Nov 2023 #62

Please tell me there won't be a bunch of glowing eulogies Bayard Nov 2023 #66

Should have happened 80 years ago. Talitha Nov 2023 #67

Fucking war criminal. BigDemVoter Nov 2023 #68

Toodles, and my Kissenger story... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #69