Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/henry-kissinger-controversial-former-us-secretary-of-state-dies-aged-100/ar-AA1kMavE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I had the chance to spend some time with him at a bank function in NYC some years ago. A lot of foreign clients were in attendance and were introduced to him. Everyone was in awe of him. A very interesting man. Following his time as Secretary of State, he ran an advisory business and was in touch with world leaders on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I'm good friends with one of his nurse/caregivers for the past 4- 5 years. She called him a very interesting and very complex man. She said he was a brilliant thinker, currently tied up in the complexities of AI, and was on point to this day. His son, still flew him down to his office in NYC s few time a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I missed that you had started this thread and so started a different one, "End of an Era," sorry to step on you. I'm not sure what I think of him. Brilliant, certainly, there can be no doubt of it. Most of my indecision comes from the Vietnam era and the negotiations. Did he intentionally string it out, prolonging that war? If so, to what end? I recall Nixon campaigning on his "secret plan to end the war!" that was so secret he was able to use it again to get reelected, and Kissinger was waist deep in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 He did help bring China up to a super power by convincing Nixon to talk with them. They are probably missing their old friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 He was a war monger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I never accomplished as much as he did, so I don't have much to crticize about him beyond a quibble or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 5:24 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: He did help bring China up to a super power by convincing Nixon to talk with them. They are probably missing their old friend. After fighting two wars against them, then sold out our (and our true allies) manufacturing and tech sectors to them….. Yeah, brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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