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30. Posada was a CIA asset from around the time of

Reply to Octafish (Reply #9)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 03:34 PM

Sep 2014

the Bay of Pigs planning, which was initiated by, who else, Richard M. Nixon.

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Kissinger on Democracy in Chile [View all] Octafish Sep 2014 OP

That's pretty m,uch the way things work in this country, too. djean111 Sep 2014 #1

Absolutely, djean111. Kissinger helped Nixon torpedo Vietnam peace talks in 1968... Octafish Sep 2014 #6

That Nixon monkeywrenched LBJ's peace overtures hifiguy Sep 2014 #29

This needs to be a seperate OP. Le Taz Hot Sep 2014 #32

There are no X-Files in History as revealed by Texas School Books... Octafish Sep 2014 #33

A fascinating read. Le Taz Hot Sep 2014 #34

Or they are, onliy it's not the history we older folks remember Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2014 #42

Ah, yes. Those "American Values" for which Hillary praised Kissinger. (nt) scarletwoman Sep 2014 #2

Operation CONDOR Octafish Sep 2014 #9

Thanks for all of this, Octafish... whathehell Sep 2014 #16

Posada was a CIA asset from around the time of hifiguy Sep 2014 #30

Not "American values" and Hillary's statement should probably disqualify her for office. n/t whathehell Sep 2014 #11

It would be wrong to allow America to move to the left because of Karmadillo Sep 2014 #3

And so they bought the Media, lock, stock, and every smoking barrel of ink, airwave and electron. Octafish Sep 2014 #12

What was Kissinger's occupation/ background before he came to the U.S.? whathehell Sep 2014 #15

History professor at Harvard, hifiguy Sep 2014 #31

His family emigrated from Germany... Octafish Sep 2014 #48

Thanks, Octafish.. whathehell Sep 2014 #49

kiissinger gives less than a shit about democracy. KG Sep 2014 #4

You may enjoy hearing the late Christopher Hitchens talk about the fellow... Octafish Sep 2014 #14

Thank you for posting this. Listening now. I guess your post at #12 explains Karmadillo Sep 2014 #20

It may be her signal that she has sided with the Oligarchs. Octafish Sep 2014 #21

Oh, this is going to be good. Bookmarking for later listening arcane1 Sep 2014 #26

Criminals. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #5

And, when in office, ''Traitors.'' Octafish Sep 2014 #36

It was all about American imperialism malaise Sep 2014 #7

^ this - TBF Sep 2014 #8

''(W)e're going to give Allende the hook.'' Octafish Sep 2014 #37

This is the person that was originally going to lead the 911 commission nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #10

Revealing one's client list exposes one's pay check. Octafish Sep 2014 #38

DURec leftstreet Sep 2014 #13

The guy's a card. One of my favorite Quotations of All Time... Octafish Sep 2014 #39

Is THAT what Hillary considers to be 'American values'? FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #17

That was my very first thought, when I saw this OP. 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #24

The Trials of Henry Kissinger Octafish Sep 2014 #50

Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #57

Miltonian Model MinM Sep 2014 #18

Naomi Klein laid it all out in The Shock Doctrine. hifiguy Sep 2014 #35

That pompous toad makes me want to heave every time I see him. BillZBubb Sep 2014 #19

My sentiments exactly! radicalliberal Sep 2014 #23

Almost as good of buddies as Rummy and Saddam Hussein Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #44

Chile, Argentina, Peru and Colombia horrible right wing terrorist mackerel Sep 2014 #22

Kissinger greenlighted the bloody Dirty War in Argentina. I'd like to see Kissinger visit Argentina Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #28

If I didn't know better, I'd suppose that remark was made in a cynical mood Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #25

I wonder how many of Henry's friends feel likewise about Democracy at home. Octafish Sep 2014 #53

K and R panader0 Sep 2014 #27

Money didn't always trump peace... Octafish Sep 2014 #55

My theory as to why Kissinger viewed Chile as SO necessary to intervene in Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2014 #40

But but Nixon was the last liberal president this country had Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #43

When Kissinger was suggested for the 911 Commission... Oilwellian Sep 2014 #45

+1 woo me with science Sep 2014 #56

And that should be "American Values!?" Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #46

K&R for the OP and all the subsequent links and info. JEB Sep 2014 #47

These people depend upon our forgetting. cilla4progress Sep 2014 #51

What they do to others overseas, they always come back to do at home. Octafish Sep 2014 #52

K&R woo me with science Sep 2014 #54