Did Anthony Bourdain Call Henry Kissinger a ‘Treacherous, Prevaricating, Murderous Scumbag’?
3 years ago by Flying Squid to c/politics
Bourdain had personal experience with Cambodia and saw exactly what Kissinger wrought and the effects that were still plaguing the country decades later.
2023 kinda rocked. Pat Robinson, died during pride month, Charlie munger, and Henry kissinger both died in November.
I can't think of anyone else but a good deal of scum bags dying make this world a better place.
Always out live your enemies. I'm rooting for Warren buffet and Bill O'Reilly to croak in the next few years.
You don't get billions of dollars being a good person. Just remember that.
Michael Jordan is a billionaire. Peter Jackson, McKenzie Scott, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg. Tiger Woods may be a bad husband, but that's not how he made his money. Dolly Parton would be a billionaire if she hadn't given away so much, she's definitely earned a billion.
Dolly parton is the only standout on that list. She's NOT a billionaire because she gives back, and isn't a scumbag that hoards more money than she needs to live an extremely comfortable life. The rest of the people on that list are very talented and have done great things for humanity, but the nature of capitalism seems to reward hyperuccessful entertainers more than it rewards hyperuccessful scholars and teachers, people who arguably contribute more to the human experience than entertainers do. Dolly gets it right by giving back as much as she can. The rest just take it in because capitalism tells them they deserve it.
I'm not a Christian anymore but the parable of the Widow's offering in (Mark 12:41-44) (Yes I had to look that up) holds forever true in my mind. The amount you give is a deeper reflection of your character when it's compared in proportion to what you can afford to give, not in absolute terms of the value given. Dolly doesn't go as far as to make her living situation worse, and neither do I. But if more of us tried just a little harder to give more than is easily comfortable, the world would be SO much better.
And people who have a billion dollars they don't need but also don't give are making the world worse.
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It says Bourdain was one of Kissinger's fiercest critics. I haven't seen any articles about how much Christopher Hitchens criticized Kissinger. He even wrote a book about it.
In the words of Hitchens, Kissinger deserves prosecution "for war crimes, for crimes against humanity, and for offenses against common or customary or international law, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnap, and torture." He further calls him "a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory."
And if I recall correctly, Hitchens at one point was asked whether there was a person he genuinely disliked, and from the way he spoke about him, it seems like he probably actually hated Henry Kissinger.
It just shows how hard mental illness is to overcome when even someone who embraces life as fully as he did couldn't stand to live anymore.
No wanting to live anymore doesn’t mean a person is mentally ill.
Yes, Anthony Bourdain was a better judge of character than Hillary Clinton.
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