Post AcLh7lt9mwSuCDhLVo by designatednerd@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AcLh7ipVA4l6i0xstk by designatednerd@mastodon.social
2023-11-30T23:06:47Z
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If you ever visit Cambodia or Laos, which I have been lucky enough to do, you will learn a lot about why all of SE Asia is ecstatic about Kissinger's death. There's a reasonably direct line from the illegal bombing of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge's takeover, enabling their reign of terror that killed 1/4 of the Cambodian population and drove out or killed most folks who were educated.There are still "bombies" from cluster munitions all over Laos, which kill or maim people on a regular basis.
(DIR) Post #AcLh7ju9AI4K2i96mG by polarisera@spinster.xyz
2023-12-01T00:34:45.349923Z
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@designatednerd If you’re really been to SE Asia, you’ll also know they will be ecstatic when George Soros goes to meet Satan.
(DIR) Post #AcLh7kt7VaqF5ofnoe by designatednerd@mastodon.social
2023-11-30T23:10:24Z
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One of my friends from college was living in Cambodia when she became quite ill, and basically had to be dragged onto a plane to Bangkok to get medical care because "institutional medical knowledge" is not a thing when someone killed the vast majority of doctors in a country.
(DIR) Post #AcLh7lt9mwSuCDhLVo by designatednerd@mastodon.social
2023-11-30T23:14:23Z
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There is a long, complex history of interweaved problems in Southeast Asia, and the Nixon administration, spearheaded by Kissinger, just came and poured gasoline on it, then got a Nobel Peace Prize for "putting out" the fire (which they absolutely did not do). There's a part of me that's glad he lived long enough that a significant number of the obituaries are focusing on the long-term consequences of his illegal acts rather than the image he cultivated of himself.