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How well do you sleep at night Dr. Kissinger?
Like the churning nightmares of Dickens' fictional Ebeneezer Scrooge, do you awaken to the calls of your demons, los desaparecidos? Or do you hear the cries and pain of both the lost and the living? Despite your illiteracy, you know what they are screaming.
Remember them? The students, the union members, the educators--the ones who, because of their political choices, ran afoul of the Central and South American juntas installed and supported by the United States in the 1970s. The ones raped, tortured and then killed by U.S.-trained 'freedom fighters' who fought freedom with the zest of Saddam Hussein's fedayeen.
The South American countries involved in such crimes against humanity are slowly but courageously dealing with the inhumane and illegal actions of their respective governments and militaries. They are attempting to bring as many of the perpetrators to justice as possible. Journalists Christopher Hitchens and Jack Shafer have been assiduously hounding you Dr. Kissinger to cooperate in these actions. Your diaries, your memos, your testimony are all vital components in these better-late-than-never attempts at justice and reconciliation.
Dr. Kissinger, it's not too late to do the right thing, for the dead, for the living, and certainly for you. Like Scrooge, you too can make things right. But first you have to confront your own disgusting behavior. Time alone has not rinsed such stain and stench from the soul. Those affected will never forget. We will never let you forget. None of us will go away and fortunately, you cannot make us like you did in the past.
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January 10, 2005
Check out the December 27, 2005, Scott Sherman-written article titled "Kissinger's Shadow Over The Council on Foreign Relations" in The Nation magazine. Kissinger and his cohorts continue to deny, deny, deny but won't release the information that could either clear or indict him. The article details the fallout over Kenneth Maxwell's review of Peter Kornbluh's book "The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability."
Dr. Kissinger, your fingerprints are all over the savagry of Operation Conder. If you won't release the evidence you are withholding then at least do this: face the surviving relatives of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt (who died in a Washington D.C. terrorist carbombing set up by the Chilean junta) and tell them you had no involvement, no knowledge and, in fact, tried to temper the atrocities. We're waiting.
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January 23, 2005
Also worth reading is Christopher Hitchens' December, 2004, article in Vanity Fair.
Kissinger is indicted by his own recorded telephone conversations. In one instance, Dr.K is furious that someone has complained directly to the Argentinean generals for their crimes against humanity. In his own words, Kissinger asks "in what way is it (the complaint) compatible to my policy?"
There is also Hitchens' bloodcurdling recollection of General Videla (now under house arrest in Argentina) pooh-poohing any atrocities. Hitchens writes that Videla told him if people have disappeared then it must be because those who attacked the "Western and Christian" way of life with spoken words and written articles were often more dangerous than bombers.
Then there is Argentinean Admiral Guzzetti who is depicted as concerned about an upcoming vist with Kissinger. Not to worry. Per Hitchens, Dr. K actually advises Guzzetti to accentuate the kidnappings and murders because it will help U.S. politics.
Kissinger also held bloody hands with Chile's General Augusto Pinochet and Hitchens ties in the Washington D.C. car-bombing of former Chilean foreign minister Orlando Letelier and his American assistant to Dr. K's refusal to tell Pinochet to lay off.
Our man Henry is also connected in the article to the 1970 assassination of Chilean general Rene Schneider in Santiago. In a curious twist, the Schneider family is currently using the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) which allows foreigners to seek redress for harm caused due to illegal acts of Americans.
Our freedom-exporting President Bush recently attempted to have the U.S. Supreme Court eliminate the ACTA but failed. Our freedom-loving President Bush also tried to appoint Henry Kissinger to head the 9-11 Commission but Kissinger backed down when he learned he would have to detail his clients.
Foreign judges have asked Dr. K to testify in various cases of crimes against humanity but he refuses and the U.S. government hides in the spider hole of official diplomatic channels.
Attempts to contact Henry Kissinger are met with continual "he's traveling" responses.
I repeat: those affected will never forget. We will never let you forget. None of us will go away and fortunately, you cannot make us like you did in the past.
I wish you hard traveling Henry Kissinger.
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