PNN – Henry Kissinger, a famous American politician and theoretician in the field of foreign policy and former foreign minister of this country, died on Wednesday night local time at the age of 100.
According to Pakistan News Network, Henry Kissinger, the famous American politician in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, who was the head of the foreign policy of the United States of America as the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, died on Wednesday night local time at his home in the state of Connecticut.
Kissinger turned 100 years old on May 27 this year; He is called the father of American diplomacy because of his pragmatism and his role in Washington’s policies in the 1970s. Even after the age of 100, he was still active and attended White House meetings. On his 100th birthday, Kissinger published a book on leadership styles and testified before a Senate committee about the North Korean nuclear threat.
Last July, he unexpectedly traveled to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kissinger is considered the father of American diplomacy because of his pragmatism in foreign policy matters, a key role in shaping Washington’s policy in the 1970s on a wide range of issues.
He was one of the fathers of the so-called “Detente” policy, or the reduction of tension in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, and he was also a proponent of dialogue with Communist China, which helped create the ground for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing in 1979.
In addition, Kissinger negotiated the end of the war in Vietnam and the preparation of the Paris Peace Accords. As a result, Henry Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 along with the Vietnamese diplomat and politician, Le Duc Tu. But Le Duc Tu refused to accept this prestigious gift. Kissinger also did not attend the awards ceremony and according to the American media, he tried to return his award. The Vietnam War ended in 1975 (two years after the signing of the agreement). Kissinger is also known for his active efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict through his involvement in “diplomacy on the move”.
At the same time, this hundred-year-old diplomat is responsible for subversive activities against the former president of Chile, Salvador Allende, supporting a military coup in that country, as well as expanding the bombing campaign in North Vietnam, attacks in Cambodia and Laos, and meddling in the internal affairs of Angola.
Information published in the United States shows that: In 1976, despite Washington’s recognition that there was a risk of direct conflict with Moscow in the event of a civil war in Angola, he supported military operations against Cuba as a response to Havana’s military support for the central government. This American aggression caused some human rights activists to accuse Kissinger of committing war crimes.
On the Intercept website, Nick Teres, a famous American writer on the Vietnam War, has presented unreported statistics and evidence of US attacks during Kissinger’s State Department, during which hundreds of Cambodian civilians were killed or wounded.
Kissinger, the chief architect of America’s war policy in Southeast Asia and almost as high as the president on such matters, dodged questions about the bombing of Cambodia for decades and spent half his life lying about his role.
Kissinger and Nixon were responsible for attacks that killed, injured or displaced hundreds of thousands of Cambodians and set the stage for the genocide of members of the Cambodian Communist Party. Kissinger and his aides repeatedly blamed North Vietnamese soldiers and South Vietnamese guerrillas who used the country as a base and supply center for the American war in Cambodia while ignoring US involvement.
Decades later, survivors still don’t know why so many of their loved ones were attacked, maimed or killed. They don’t know that their suffering is largely due to a man named Henry Kissinger and his failed plans to bring about an “honorable end to the war in Vietnam” that he promised Nixon for expanding, escalating, and prolonging the war.
Kissinger has been a frequent visitor to Moscow and has consistently advocated for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine crisis over the past two years. He warned that a new cold war would be potentially more dangerous than the first war and asked the West to keep Russia in the European space.
In a March 2019 interview with Mikhail Guzman, the first deputy director general of TASS, Kissinger called Russia a great country with a great history and admitted that it is difficult for him to imagine an international order in which Russia does not play a leading role. Kissinger said at that time that Russia should have a say in all world issues and eventually it will have its role.
However, he recently changed some of his views and called for Ukraine’s membership in NATO. He had argued that “in a situation where Ukraine cannot decide on its territorial sovereignty, it is better to become a member of NATO.
In an interview with the Economist, the 56th US Secretary of State announced that Russia’s proposals for security guarantees in 2021 could be the basis for dialogue between Moscow and Washington, but the US government did not take it seriously. He described the deadlock and tension between America and China as the main threat to the peace and existence of humanity today.
Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, stated that the US attempt to make Ukraine a member of NATO was a serious mistake and led to the current war, while criticizing the performance of the Joe Biden administration.
Kissinger believed that this duality was another reason for the start of the conflict in Ukraine. He said: I think the proposal to include Ukraine in NATO was a big mistake and it led to this war. At the same time, he said: “Many actions” of the Biden administration are correct. I support the Biden administration on Ukraine.
This veteran American diplomat emphasized: “From my point of view, the war in Ukraine has been won in terms of preventing Russia from attacking allied countries in Europe.” However, there are other risks that could emanate from Russia.