Kissinger.

[Warren Stupidity]

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[bigwillq]

1. kick (nt)

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Hillary's message seemed to be that he's kind of a "Walder Statesmiminal"

Its important that we not throw the baby out with the probably guilty of treason bathwater, yaknow.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Sort of sad nobody is stepping up for dr strangelove.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. Ah I see a really surprising vote for elder statesman.

Never would have guessed that person would vote that way.

[Electric Monk]

10. Both voters for Elder Statesman have their transparency pages visible & are in the time out chair.

[Warren Stupidity]

11. Ah - interesting.

[SHRED]

4. I didn't see mass murderer so war criminal will suffice

[Warren Stupidity]

5. War criminal includes mass murder.

I didn't want to split the vote.

[SHRED]

6. Good point

[hifiguy]

8. One of the great butchers of the post-WW II era.

In a world that truly valued the rule of law he'd have been hanged for genocide and crimes against humanity 35 years ago, and his ashes scattered to the four winds.

[valerief]

9. The one vote (so far) that has him as an Elder Statesman--guess what that person's

favorite group is.

[Cheese Sandwich]

12. LOL war criminal for the win

[H2O Man]

13. War criminal.

No question about it. A hideous human being.

[neverforget]

14. I've posted it before, but that asshole wanted war with Cuba

in 1976. Thankfully Carter won and Kissinger slunk off.

http://www.bbc.com/news/29441281

He was angered by Cuba's 1976 military intervention in Angola and was considering retaliation if Cuban forces were deployed elsewhere in Africa.

The information comes from documents declassified at the request of the National Security Archive.

They show that Mr Kissinger was eager for the US to stand up to Cuba.

The documents from the Gerald R Ford Presidential Library show that US officials devised plans to attack ports and military installations in Cuba in addition to measures ordered by Mr Kissinger to deploy Marine battalions based at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay to "clobber" the Cubans.

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"I think we are going to have to smash Castro," Mr Kissinger told Mr Ford in a White House meeting in February 1976, adding Mr Ford should defer action until after the presidential election that November.

"I agree," Mr Ford said.

US contingency plans drawn up on the options warned any military aggression by the US in Cuba could lead to a direct confrontation with the USSR.

"The circumstances that could lead the United States to select a military option against Cuba should be serious enough to warrant further action in preparation for general war," one document said.

The plans were never undertaken, as Jimmy Carter was elected president that year.