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Christopher Hitchens, on Kissinger "I think he's a war criminal .. i think he's a liar" '.. a kidnapper .. a murderer ..'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpMuH0FYmCk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uygbFmp_ryc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7slAt9PIH0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-LtTE16r0E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez5hx-nps9A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2doaJK2r-Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_l4iOOdE8I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoCvoJsL_H8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca-sLiPvTV0&feature=related

Sorry, thought i had it in one video, but it didn't continue .. an interview on radio just now prompted this post.

Yes, we MUST move on from history, (i haven't watched them all again, yet) .. we also know we must never forget history.

The videos, MAYBE, (from what i've seen) are basically on the disastrous Viet Nam war, whereas
the interview was on East Timor, on Henry Kissinger's involvement in the Indonesian genocide there.

Maybe not .. Hitchens, in a reference to the above (i hope it was) mentions East Timor ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHR8AOxxkc

Hitchens in there, TO ONE who suggested that the BL type jihadists are simply responding to evils of Western imperialism ..

He replies he will fight for the right of Iraq's et all to fight for their sovereign independence, but ..

"I think you should be ashamed, sneering at people who guard you while you sleep. Thanks"

Not you .. but yes, some people take just too much of a black and white view of events, situations, people .. all those ..

See also:

the Peace Prize does have an uneven record (recalling e.g. Kissinger [ http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=32215971 ]) -- but it is different than and stands apart from the Nobels awarded in given areas of study, such as Krugman's for Economics -- which in turn are hardly lacking for recognition as at least among the highest honors in the world in their respective areas

and as for Obama's Peace Prize -- compared to what/whom? -- it is quite obvious that if instead we'd had McCain, we'd since have become involved in ... [bit more] .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=57455128