“Cultural Criminals
[2]: Kissinger Again, That China Card”
Leonard promised to “never write another essay about
Kissinger,” but he couldn’t help himself. Evidently, Kissinger was going around
as a TV commentator (for ABC), after the Tiananmen Square massacre, telling
every one that he did not support sanctions against China. He also wrote that
in a newspaper column that “…no country in the world would have tolerated its
main square being occupied for eight weeks” and went on to praise China’s
economic policy.
What HK did not tell people, is that he had a vested
financial interest in China that would be hurt by sanctions…as a consultant to
numerous US firms looking to do business in China and as a partner in a $75MM
venture with the Chinese government. Kissinger was using his role as a
political commentator to essentially shill for his clients. I guess this is
what happens when unscrupulous ex-politicos become journalists.
Good Robin Williams quote in the essay speculating what you
should say if you meet HK at a cocktail party, “Hi there, I loved you wars.”
New word: Tiananmen = Gates of Heavenly Peace
The occupation at he gate:
Old
learning: Kissinger is a scum bag.
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