…Kissinger’s gone
Henry Kissinger’s dead at the ripe old age of 100 – on the dot. Your Eyewitness observed him in action for so long that he figured the man must’ve made a pact with the Devil to live forever!! After all, since he fled Germany to the US as a teenager with his Jewish parents, from Hitler’s persecution of Jews, he would’ve known of the German tale of the “Faustian Bargain”. Dr Faust sold his soul to the Devil – through his representative Mephistopheles – for eternal damnation in hell, in exchange for acquiring power and knowledge in this life.
And boy, did Kissinger ever acquire knowledge and power. Getting a scholarship via the GI Bill for returning servicemen – he did serve in WWII – to Harvard, he earned a PhD, joined the faculty, and in 1957 became the Associate Director of Harvard’s Department of Government and Center for International Affairs. He was consulted by several US Government agencies – including the Kennedy and Johnson White House – and his name became well known in foreign policy circles. In 1968, he was picked by Nixon to be National Security Adviser, then Secretary of State – the only man to ever hold both positions simultaneously. The Faustian Bargain was playing out to the “T” – with Nixon granting his every wish for more power!!
By then the Vietnam War was in full swing – having mushroomed far from the “advisors” JFK had sent to assist South Vietnamese forces against communist North Vietnam. Kissinger is “credited” with the decision to bomb Cambodia – over 500,000 tons vs 180,000 tons on Japan in WWII – where Viet Congs would take refuge. Over 2 million Cambodians eventually died from the bombs, hunger, the ensuing civil war – and unexploded bombs still posing a hazard to agriculture!! And he’d grieved for Jews during WWII in Germany!!
After negotiating with North Vietnamese leaders, Kissinger prematurely announced the end of the Vietnam War – but was awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, along with his North Vietnamese counterpart, who refused it!! He was widely denounced as a “war criminal”, but his star rose higher. Satirical musician and Harvard/MIT Math Professor Tom Lehrer famously remarked: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize!!”
He became even more famous for negotiating the truce with China that led to Nixon’s famous visit – as well as a lessening of tensions with the USSR. Just to keep his Faustian bargain, however, he advised the ouster of Chile’s President Allende in 1973 (who was killed) and intervened (with South Africa) to prevent Angola’s independence.
As he pointed out, few would’ve predicted a man from his origins could’ve become such a world-shaker – purely through the force of intellect. But it was the Faustian Bargain!!
…Kissinger’s real power
While Kissinger’s role on the world stage has been hotly debated, there’s no debate about his immigrant fascination with America’s “royalty” – Hollywood beauties!! During the sixties, he’d gone west as a consultant to the Rand Corporation, and stargazed at the nubile hotties from a distance. But after he became Secretary of State, he discovered – as he boasted – “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac”!! Stars and starlets flocked to be seen with him.
He was romantically linked to Shirley MacLaine, Marlo Thomas, Candice Bergen, Jill St. John, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Liv Ullmann. He also was photographed with Raquel Welch, Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli. There were countless more who didn’t have recognizable faces or names. “He had a weakness for young, beautiful, lesser-known types…and also a couple of porn stars!!” said his biographer.
A 1972 poll of Playboy Club bunnies ranked him # 1 among “men I would most like to go on a date with.”
Not bad for a dumpy dude with a German accent!!
…ICJ checkmates Venezuela
It’s clear by now that Mad Maduro overplayed his hand by jumping up and down and throwing a fit over Venezuela’s border controversy idée fixe – just to game next year’s elections. The ICJ has just forbidden his referendum!!
