Controversy Over Henry Kissinger's Foreign Policy Decisions and Their Human Consequences
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Kissinger sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in 1968 to help Nixon's presidential campaign, extending the war and causing many more deaths.
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As Nixon's National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, Kissinger oversaw secret bombings in Cambodia and Laos that killed hundreds of thousands.
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Kissinger supported the 1973 CIA-backed coup in Chile and backed dictator Pinochet's brutal rule, making Chile an early neoliberal experiment.
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Kissinger enabled massive atrocities by U.S. allies, like Pakistan's genocide in Bangladesh, for Cold War strategic interests.
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Despite his horrendous human rights record, Kissinger has been revered by the U.S. foreign policy establishment as an eminent statesman.