Give Us a Break, Henry

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 10, 2011 With a well-known thing for murderous dictators, Henry Kissinger's advice on Egypt should be met with skepticism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Henry Kissinger’s Appalling Human Rights Record

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2010 In light of Henry Kissinger's comment, captured in the Nixon White House and released this month, that "if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern," Think Progress has compiled a brief history of the former secretary of state's complicity in human rights abuses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facebook Finds Your Face

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2010 Today on the list: Facebook is poised to recognize faces, WikiLeaks read aloud to you, and the "real" person who was Henry Kissinger. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Celebrates Kissinger While White House Repeats His Mistakes

Fred Branfman / Truthdig Sep 29, 2010 Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating many of them today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A People’s History of Ironic Prizes

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2009 Speaking of Howard Zinn, did you see his devastating attack on the Nobel Committee for awarding President Barack Obama the Peace Prize? Zinn says the committee "should retire, and turn over its huge funds to some international peace organization which is not awed by stardom and rhetoric, and which has some understanding of history." Ouch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jumping the Gun

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What Does the Nobel Mean for Obama?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2009 He's not a year into his presidency yet, and when he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize that he just won, President Barack Obama hadn't even occupied the White House for two full weeks So, how are we to make sense of his surprise victory? The New York Times rounded up a bunch of well, learned white guys to comment on Obama's and other US leaders' Nobel nods. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unintended Consequences in Nuclear Pakistan

Fred Branfman / Truthdig Oct 9, 2009 The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan, a policy that could make even the Nixon-Kissinger destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory.The escalation of U.S. incursions into Pakistan could make even the destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Don’t Delay

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The Unlearned Lessons of Vietnam Continue to Haunt The U.S.

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2008 Governments, like corporations and modern organizations of all kinds, make much of systematically teaching "lessons learned" to those newly arrived to responsibilities, yet they seem infrequently to succeed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Palin Enrolls in International Relations 101

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 After weeks of embarrassing displays of political incompetence and general ignorance of current events, Sarah Palin participated in a daylong tour de force of international relations at the United Nations. Henry Kissinger, Hamid Karzai and Alvaro Uribe were among the officials she encountered on a day during which she "largely listened." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Biggest Loser

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 5, 2007 Who earns the title of Worst President Ever: Nixon or Bush? While Bill Boyarsky concedes that the question may be moot in some senses, he still takes the two to task in his rundown of the many offenses they committed during their respective (imperialist) presidencies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )