Henry Kissinger; The creator of the American war machine or its product?

Henry Kissinger; The creator of the American war machine or its product?

Henry Kissinger, considered one of the most important and controversial American diplomats of the 20th century, died on Wednesday at the age of 100 after a long and tumultuous career.

During the presidency of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, he worked as the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor of the United States, and after leaving the American government in 1977, his opinions were still considered important in the field of American foreign policy.

For some biographers, Kissinger ranks with George Kennan, the main author of America’s successful Cold War containment strategy, as well as with other architects of the post-World War II world system.

He is considered one of the theorists of realism in the field of politics, and based on this point of view, he believed in interacting with the world based on what was called “real politics” (instead of moral ideas): a point of view that promotes the interests of America regardless of its results and disasters for He prioritized other parts of the world.

It is on this basis that Kissinger has been accused of committing war crimes by playing a role in the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, supporting Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh, and giving the green light to Argentina’s dictatorship in the “dirty war” against that country’s opponents.

The bombing of Cambodia in which Kissinger played a role led to the rise of the communist group “Khmer Rouge” and the horrific slaughter of more than a million people. After the US invasion of Cambodia, Kissinger completed peace negotiations with Vietnam that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize, but ultimately led to the humiliating occupation of North Vietnam just two years later in America’s worst defeat in a war to that time. and showed that this award was an early accolade.