Peter Hitchens attacks Henry Kissinger for worst atrocity in 'history of the entire human race’

“What happened in Cambodia was one of the worst things in the history of the entire human race, and that was brought about by him. And someone earlier on was quoted as praising him for Middle East peace. What Middle East peace is this? I haven't noticed any.”
Broadcaster Peter Hitchens wonders how people like Henry Kissinger view themselves “in the dark watches of the night”.
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[@rehanchowdhury368]

Nice to see the two Hitchens brothers agree on something

[@schnitzelfilmmaker1130]

Was just about to say

[@SourceAwareness]

We won't be shedding tears for warmongers. Blessings to all those that were victims of his actions. 🙏🏾

[@ujfalusik1]

you said it all.

[@cheesegyoza]

John Bolton comes to mind too. John, in summary said he would do anything to keep America safe. What a tw.t.

[@cortneyward5549]

We shouldn’t glorify criminals

[@MC-bu6ez]

No, not at all, instead give them a Nobel peace prize instead!

[@timmothyjennings]

Tell that to Netflix

[@andymaidment111]

A dark murderous villain who the world is well shot of.

[@geordie1032]

Soros is another

[@williamrae9954]

No different to the whole Davos cult...the Austrian painter will get a better press shortly!

[@PanglossDr]

We shouldn’t be mourning his death but rather mourning his life.

[@chdolan3530]

Agree with Hitchens over Cambodia I don't think anyone can defend that.

[@neildear-wn9eo]

Children were taught to inform on their parents, under the Khmer Rouge[intellectuals], as were children under the Spanish Inquisition[heretics], as Children are being taught under Hamza Yousef's hate Crime bill[Hate crimmists]...History repeats itself.

[@nimsay02]

His crimes were not mistakes, all those acts of pure evil were deliberate and thought through.

[@skylinerunner1695]

Exactly.

[@williamhaines7876]

Lord slippery of Tripoli I love it 😂😂😂

[@nemisis4u]

the book sideshow by william shawcross proved to him that kissinger was a war criminal and was never tried

[@gazmasonik2411]

Absolutely! Project Rust is overshadowed by the later operation paperclip but I wish we understood how not all Nazis surrendered. Von Braun the tip of a dark iceberg in Antarctica.

[@barrymalkin4404]

Well said Peter.

[@notheotherklaus]

Kissinger will be remembered alongside his friends, like Pinochet, Suharto and the shah of Iran.

[@gazmasonik2411]

Unfortunately the powers that shouldn't be, will maintain the usual image management of evil. As with Bush and Blair who were judged as war criminals in Malaysia (around the time that airliner vanished) when the Hague abrogated their judicial proceedure in War crime.

[@nimsay02]

No one in living memories was as evil as him, and all those followed his advice.

[@martinledermann1862]

That would be a great disrespect to the Shah - he was by far more honest than Kissinger ever was.

[@renataostertag6051]

Please, leave out the Shah. Thanks.

[@michaelotis223]

I thought the Shah of Iran was in The Sopranos.....

[@DearMr.Fantasy]

Henry Kissinger was a monster and should be forever vilified as such.

[@215Gallagher]

Kissinger died one day and for a brief moment he was noticed. The next day Shane MacGowan died and I completely forgot about Henry Whatshisname.

[@williamrae9954]

Shane's funeral will be talked about for years...who was the other bloke?

[@kinorspielmann4649]

If you think Shane was anything other than an alcoholic, overrated pop star, addict, abuser, misfit, one-hit wonder, poor you. Idolising pop imbeciles is a sorry sign of our cultural decline.

[@zebedep]

It's always worth listening to Peter Hitchens.

[@mickymac6571]

I preferred his brother he was more engaging but Peter Hutchins is worth a listen.

[@tonedowne]

It’s always worth listening to people with actual principles, even if you don’t agree with them.

[@SagaciousFrank]

​@@mickymac6571, his brother was more fashionable (read: not necessarily a good thing), not engaging. Besides which, Christopher Hitchens supported the invasion of a country, liked Tony Blair (I saw through that clown when I was in my teens), was friends with pseudo-intellectuals like Stephen Fry, and was indifferent to England and the rest of the UK become a vassal state of the USSR. I can't think of anything he stood for that wasn't superficial or totally misguided. Peter is far wiser.

[@tedcrilly46]

The price of listening is you lose your hearing to that damn whisshtle. In the dark watshhes of the night does he ever conshhhider getting that fixxshed. Itshh causing more shhhuffering than kissshhinger.

[@coreyc1685]

he's a reactionary lunatic but he's sometimes more on the ball than the supposed moderate or non-extremist conservatives.

[@grumpyoldsodinacellar3518]

I always remember him for saying, when refering to the peasantry, they were "useless eaters"

[@williamthomas2830]

I wonder who came up with that phrase first???

[@mondiriu]

Lord Slippery of Tripoli 😂

[@firekind1980]

The good die young.

[@TryDiy]

In that case he would have lived to 200.

[@williamrae9954]

Kissinger,Soros,Schwab,etc,and those other evil Jevvs seem to hang on forever?

[@davidfulton179]

It's almost like having Christopher Hitchens back. Although the brother disagreed more than they agreed (the Iraq cause being a rather incongruous, perhaps ironic example) they were in solidarity over Kissinger and the many, many atrocities under his writ.

[@Extra_050]

And the Rushdie affair- although I think Christopher was more directly friendly with him.

[@crawford1083]

There was a great line in The Equalizer 3 - where the doctor who saves McCall's life asked him if he was a good man - McCall was unsure. Later the doctor was asked by McCall why he saved him. The doctor said to the effect that only a good man when asked if he was good or bad would be unsure! Always the bad man (Kissinger, latterly Bliar (sic)) would say he was a good man. And be absolutely certain of his goodness.

[@malvernwarmington4942]

This man was granted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973😮

[@daddylonglegs2010]

Tony Blair and George Bush were nominated for that too. I'll just leave that there.

[@vegas1a]

So was Obama for doing nothing more than just being elected.....

[@lw1zfog]

as was Barry Obomber

[@bb-fe9ur]

The award is a joke

[@rockspyder3970]

To this day, this award is a joke, a disgrace, a slap in the face of humanity. It should be shut down, and the funds applied to more deserving causes

[@guerino8945]

I am really upset wit the "The Grimm Reaper". He must have slept in since in the case of Henry Kissinger he is about 60 years too late.

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

Something Peter and Christopher managed to agree on!

[@esamalyanai4090]

Simply … a war criminal …

[@YootubeUK]

Come on Bliar, you too. You won't be missed.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Unfortunately, the War Criminal, Tony Blair has many years of life left in him yet. F@#ker. It's his inate evilness that will ensure he has an extended lifespan......that and his ever present security detail, covering his every move, such as leaving his house to get into his (doubtless armour plated body, bullet proof glass etc etc) car and vice versa. Goin grocery shopping must be such a pain for him - at least he can afford to do so, unlike the rest of us who have to use bloody food banks !

[@DB-ke8bs]

You can tell the Times Radio presenters didn't want to hear a disparaging word said against their king and saviour, Sir Anthony Blair.

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

I didn't even know he'd been knighted before I watched this.

[@michaelwhite8031]

Thank goodness he's gone.

[@seanmurphy7011]

"Worst atrocity in 'history of the entire human race". This is why I cannot take this guy seriously.

[@MartinOMalley-mr7sj]

The Cambodian genocide is arguably the worst atrocity. 20 - 25% of the country's population died, in 4 years.

[@Mistressofthegroove]

I saw a very old speech by him where he said he was accused of worshipping Satan and he justified his behavior and said basically well if I am, so be it.

[@khankrum1]

Kissinger did very well looking after the American military Industrial interests the President Eisenhower warned us against!

[@observing8686]

Thank you for the excellent analysis

[@davidrowen7867]

I think if Christopher were still with us that he and Peter would be on the same page on more issues than at any other time.

[@davidfulton179]

Simon & Schuster is the publishing house the remunerated Kissinger's crimes in the form of his many self-serving aggrandizing books over the course of many years. We don't boycott enough and for long enough.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

War criminals do not have a legacy and certainly do not deserve being talked about in this light. Choose your words right Times Radio.

[@ballskin]

learn English

[@jameshazelwood9433]

Both Kissinger and Nixon were a far far cry from the idiots we have today

[@duncannapier318]

I’m sure Christopher Hitchens and Kissinger are catching up and having a rare old chat. 👍🇿🇦

[@petersvillage7447]

"You were wrong about Cambodia!" "Yeah, well YOU were wrong about the afterlife!"

[@edwardcatt2399]

I can imagine Christopher Hitchens in Heaven with his eyes tightly shut and his hands clapped over his ears going, _’THIS ISN’T REAL, IT’S NOT REAL!’_

[@mikeoglen6848]

Why? Kissinger won't be joining him...@@edwardcatt2399

[@christophermorgan3261]

Agrees with his brother on this issue.

[@longfence6528]

When you have power, any excuse or reason, is a good excuse or reason a disaster or catastrophe becomes a mistake !! When you have power, you have a reason that someone else doesn’t have!!!

[@user-th5nb3ox1w]

Why we attack Kissinger but seem not to do the same with Blair is a mystery. He's somehow avoided the justice he deserves. Campbell as well.

[@nk-gp1ml]

Despicable man. That so many of our current day politicians have such respect for Kissinger helps explain why we have so many terrible international conflicts and problems today.

[@billgreen576]

Yeah but look at the profits these people make for the military industrial complex.

[@simonrussell1444]

He will have died without a true loyal friend I suspect

[@salus1231]

The air was that little bit sweeter when Satan recalled his ambassador to Earth that's for sure

[@tarakb7606]

And Tony Blair called him an "artist" in diplomacy!!!! Make of that what you will.

[@gannet58555]

the devils own

[@tarakb7606]

@@gannet58555 Both of them.

[@bac-kb3fj]

The Vietnamese government consider Kissinger nothing more than teacher. He had in fact, at one time, been a teacher.

[@okiepita50t-town28]

Well, finally, you and your brother agree on something

[@jamesmash3927]

Not much I would agree with Peter on but he is 100% right on this. If there is such thing as evil then Kissinger is about a close an example as we have seen in my lifetime.

[@456inthemix]

"Tibet has been for hundreds of years part of China. Therefore, the mere raising of an issue that sounds as if weßre trying to seperate a part of China creates special sensitivities." This is due to his ignorance

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Who said that?

[@truth5403]

All villains live dam long life good people die young

[@mrradman2986]

Soros being a case in point.

[@isaaclyne123]

It's painful to agree with Peter Hitchens on much, but on military matters I tend to agree with most of what he says.

[@obe1withtheforce785]

Look who changed their tune, I thought he was a hero and awe inspiring diplomat?

[@charlesedwards4160]

The Angels in the grave will be "here Kissy Kissy, here boy" before the questioning begins.

[@aleinstein3223]

Or the north Vietnamese supplying the veit cong thru Cambodia. It's war

[@liamo6889]

As time went on his evil and greed within was shown on the outside

[@CosmicPen]

He was an evil war profiteer.

[@Reidy-tonicrecords23]

Imagine taking him seriously after hes proved how unconnected he is to reality in that c4 doc

[@martinledermann1862]

What documentary are you referring to exactly, if I as a non-Brit, might ask?

[@Reidy-tonicrecords23]

@@martinledermann1862 channel 4 prison doc

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

@@martinledermann1862 I think he's referring to Hitchens' recent appearance in Banged Up: Stars Behind Bars.

[@peterh1353]

The world is one pschyopath down. He will be replaced.

[@sebastianjacobsen727]

This is the first time ive seen Peter Take a stand where i know, that he would have made his brother so proud..

[@user-tg4yc5qe1k]

Indeed there is little of reality about the dominance conflicts of psychologies...

[@hassanmirza2392]

Hitchens should also condemn Churchill!

[@nighthawk2174]

I don’t think hitchens actually fully understands the realism geopolitica doctrine. He talks about how realism is the pursuit of utopian outcomes in politics?????

[@judd8390]

Didn't say anything like that.

[@edwardcatt2399]

Erm, no, he cautions _against_ ‘utopian’ idealism because when people think in such terms they become so convinced of their own moral authority that they proceed to reject any compromise _and_ to regard their opposition as actively evil in thwarting their ‘virtue’ . . .

[@williamcutting5224]

I think we can throw the term "Warmonger" around for just about every president since LBJ.

[@garyspence2128]

Except for Jimmy Carter, who actually remains one of the few American leaders to have helped mediate an enduring peace settlement in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, as well as engage in multiple humanitarian activities during and after his time in office.

[@danelias8658]

​@@garyspence2128Donald Trump who did not start any wars and helped to bring about the Abraham Accords.

[@lukeharrop4620]

​@@danelias8658 they continue to pretend that it didn't happen

[@WillGuzman-um9en]

Trump not

[@williamrae9954]

Apart from Trump...why they'll do anything to stop him winning the WH in '24

[@CrazyLinguiniLegs]

Who else read “Kitchener” on the thumbnail and smiled as they remembered Norm?

[@josefschiltz2192]

Thankfully, the brothers Hitch agreed on that!

[@pure_the0ry]

I cannot believe I’m agreeing with this goblin for once. Well done Peter

[@S.D.323]

you know someones bad when his atrocities are so horrible both hitchens brothers could agree on something

[@geekylove3603]

Peter ages like fine wine.

[@tbone35453]

Hitchens is obviously right about Cambodia. Indefensible. But the Times needs to have a word with whoever writes their video titles. Hitchens said ONE of the worst, not 'the worst.'

[@VernonGoddard]

Mr Hitchens is right about Kissinger and Blair…..

[@heimlichthecaterpillar93]

What does that painting represent?

[@PG-ts9xz]

Bruegel the Tower of Babel

[@mdaddy775]

Peter can be a maddening contrarian at times... but it's nice that he's on the good side here! 👍

[@zdl1965]

At least Chris and Pete, the Hitchens brothers, are in agreement on this issue.

[@BlackWhite-tx2kb]

I don't know if it was possible for them to make any type of peace for South Vietnam earlier than they did--at least none that would have preserved the Republic of Vietnam. As things happened, a peace was made, the U.S. left, and the peace broke down after 3 months.

[@lauradewhurst2860]

Funniest shtick ever, is Jackie Mason on Henry Kissinger!! Worth googling!!

[@alberg6290]

.....to say nothing about Chile and Argentina---------one of the times I agree with Peter and when he's closest to his brother

[@TheHandsomeman]

What was that statement that radio, DJ, made, sounds like Gobbledygook.

[@ashleyupshall7641]

The facts speak for themselves. He was an arrogant murderer. A very unpleasant man.

[@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting]

Believing realism leads to happier outcomes is a bit Idealistic.

[@science212]

Read The Trial of Henry Kissinger.

[@latenightlogic]

I’ve extremely low regard for this Hitchens but I had to come in hear and comment because I have to agree, Kissinger was exactly that.

[@goodyeoman4534]

So brave and magnanimous of you.

[@gavinmc5285]

@3:55

[@Holly_2011]

Bad choices! Please.

[@JohnThomas-yo1no]

Something him and his brother can agree on

[@S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor]

Finally gone and hopefully he's never forgotten.

[@mackmaloney3776]

How many enlisted US POWs did he leave behind in Viet Nam?

[@imankhandaker6103]

Don't forget the Bangladesh War of Liberation. The official casualties may be just 300,000 - but there might be another quarter million missing & unlikelyto reappear after half a century.

[@nolickspittle4753]

In all these serious debates the women are silent...

[@thomasley4006]

What?! I’m agreeing with Peter Hitchens?!

[@THEN122]

He sounds just like his long-lamented brother Christopher. Bravo.

[@allangilchrist5938]

The devil clearly took care of his own. How could he have done this? He was a typical self-important academic wallowing in his obscene narcissism.

[@elisedallaire8408]

He will meet his best friend, LUCIFER

[@mrblobby6284]

i love peter hitchens. great man

[@ThePbird1]

As bad as he was…HE WAS NOT commander in chief..(the decider)

[@sgs261]

To be fair Peter, you've never had to make a choice of consequence in your life , of the sort you are bemoaning. So you might sleep easy, but partly because you never had those responsibilities.

[@tonymurphy528]

I'm glad he agrees with his brother Christopher regarding Kissinger. It's a shame he's reluctant to condemn Putin for his atrocities in Ukraine.

[@chonnerone2964]

Because he is a wise man and understands Putin is simply defending his borders from NATO/US/EU aggression.

[@tonymurphy528]

@@chonnerone2964 Ah yes, defending his border, by invading a peaceful neighbouring country and killing innocent women and children. An act that encouraged Sweden to apply to be a member of NATO which has happened. Peter Hitchens spent a lot of time in Russia...just saying.

[@stormhawk3319]

One thing he was in complete agreement with late brother Christopher, the war crimes perpetrated by Henry Kissinger.

[@neildear-wn9eo]

Did not Peter Sellers play Henry Kissinger in Doctor Strangelove? Maybe I am mixing my villains up; sorry, they are so similar I get confused.

[@TheMOV13]

Nice picture of the EU parliament building in the background.

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

Kissinger preferred power to success, if fact defined it as success. Nixon was his soul mate just as Georgy saw Cheney as his soul mate.

[@starwarsroo2448]

A man who couldn't even bring himself to admit to dropping his glasses in the toilet.

[@raddimusmcchoyber3362]

Wow. Did i actually just hear Peter Hitchens of all people criticise another person with the words "he had very strong opinions as to what should be done, I'm not sure he listened very much to what others were telling him". HA! Peter Hitchens having the brass neck to say that about another person! (And I say this as someone who agrees about 85%with PH).

[@Clodhopping]

To be sensible though, unlike Kissinger, Peter Hitchens wasn't a key player in one of the worst atrocities since the Holocaust...

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

The fact that both Peter and Christopher agree that Kissinger was a horrible war criminal, is enough to convince anybody that he's a horrible man