Henry Kissinger and war crimes

[malletgirl02]

I have a question for you all. I was doing some reading for my international relation class and one of the articles I have to read is by Henry Kissinger on why the international court and other organizations is a bad idea, entitled, "The pitfalls of Universal jurisdiction". For some reason he doesn't seem reliable, due to the fact I vaguely remember him having to do with some time of war crimes himself. that is way he seems unreliable it seems self serving for him. I did a goggle search on him and war crimes and they do seem to be connected Am I right about this? Thank you for reading this.

[MisterP]

1. he hasn't served time, but his fingers were in the pies of

Suharto's Indonesia, the invasion of East Timor, the coup against Allende in Chile, support for other pro-Nazi South American dictatorships, definite support and okaying the Dirty War in Argentina, the bombing of Cambodia, and the Greek junta's attempted seizure of Cyprus.

[JimmyJazz]

4. You left off the Paris Peace Accord which he and Nixon

violated which led to POWs being stranded in Viet Nam.

[newyawker99]

2. Hi malletgirl02!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Solly Mack]

3. Exactly. Kissinger, like Bush, wouldn't support things like world courts

because they know they would be subject to them for their own war crimes.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Henry Kissinger on the ICC.

Listening to Kissinger on the ICC would be like listening to Tommy Chong on the subject of drug laws - only not funny.

[Frederik]

6. Kissinger is

scared shitless of "universal jurisdiction" - hence the "pitfalls".