12 December 2010

My dilemma with Henry Kissinger

In spite of belonging to the same tribe as I do, the man has never inspired neither confidence nor sympathy in me. This news only strengthened that feeling:

Henry Kissinger is heard saying the genocide of Soviet Jews would not be an American problem on newly released tapes chronicling President Nixon’s obsession with disparaging Jews and other minorities.
In fact, I had always believed that he will cheerfully send off his mom down the river if it suited his current political ploy. The only thing I was undecided about was whether I would bother to piss on him if I encountered him being consumed by flames.

Now I have read this:
Six months later, during the Yom Kippur War, Nixon rejected Kissinger’s advice to delay an arms airlift to Israel as a means of setting the stage for an Egypt confident enough to pursue peace; Nixon, among other reasons, cited Israel’s urgent need.
So I have decided: yes, I would piss on him. In fact, there is no need to wait for that fire...

6 comments:

Dick Stanley said...

Kissinger was the master assimilationist. He did marry well, but that's about it. The Left still hates him. Even the Right is wary.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Everyone should be wary, I suggest.

David All said...

Kissinger was too clever for his own good. By the time he left office few people trusted him.  

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Good.

David All said...

Kissinger was the ultimate Court Jew. Quite a leap from being a teen-aged refugee with his family.   

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yup. There is more about the story, with his response too:

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/12/14/2742182/shun-kissinger-or-forgive-him-the-jewish-dilemma