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Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab: A Graphic Novel

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Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

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“ 1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy in East Bengal and their armed attack on India from West Pakistan.... This led to a moral and political catastrophe the effects of which are still sorely felt. Kissinger鈥檚 undisclosed reason for the 鈥榯ilt鈥� was the supposed but never materialised 鈥榖rokerage鈥� offered by the dictator Yahya Khan in the course of secret diplomacy between Nixon and China.... Of 1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy in East Bengal and their armed attack on India from West Pakistan.... This led to a moral and political catastrophe the effects of which are still sorely felt. Kissinger鈥檚 undisclosed reason for the 鈥榯ilt鈥� was the supposed but never materialised 鈥榖rokerage鈥� offered by the dictator Yahya Khan in the course of secret diplomacy between Nixon and China.... Of the new state of Bangladesh, Kissinger remarked coldly that it was 鈥榓 basket case鈥� before turning his unsolicited expertise elsewhere. 2. Chile.... Kissinger had direct personal knowledge of the CIA鈥檚 plan to kidnap and murder General Ren茅 Schneider, the head of the Chilean Armed Forces ... who refused to countenance military intervention in politics. In his hatred for the Allende Government, Kissinger even outdid Richard Helms ... who warned him that a coup in such a stable democracy would be hard to procure. The murder of Schneider nonetheless went ahead, at Kissinger鈥檚 urging and with American financing, just between Allende鈥檚 election and his confirmation.... This was one of the relatively few times that Mr Kissinger (his success in getting people to call him 鈥楧octor鈥� is greater than that of most PhDs) involved himself in the assassination of a single named individual rather than the slaughter of anonymous thousands. His jocular remark on this occasion鈥斺€業 don鈥檛 see why we have to let a country go Marxist just because its people are irresponsible鈥欌€攕uggests he may have been having the best of times.... 3. Cyprus.... Kissinger approved of the preparations by Greek Cypriot fascists for the murder of President Makarios, and sanctioned the coup which tried to extend the rule of the Athens junta (a favoured client of his) to the island. When despite great waste of life this coup failed in its objective, which was also Kissinger鈥檚, of enforced partition, Kissinger promiscuously switched sides to support an even bloodier intervention by Turkey. Thomas Boyatt ... went to Kissinger in advance of the anti-Makarios putsch and warned him that it could lead to a civil war. 鈥楽pare me the civics lecture,鈥� replied Kissinger, who as you can readily see had an aphorism for all occasions. 4. Kurdistan. Having endorsed the covert policy of supporting a Kurdish revolt in northern Iraq between 1974 and 1975, with 鈥榙eniable鈥� assistance also provided by Israel and the Shah of Iran, Kissinger made it plain to his subordinates that the Kurds were not to be allowed to win, but were to be employed for their nuisance value alone. They were not to be told that this was the case, but soon found out when the Shah and Saddam Hussein composed their differences, and American aid to Kurdistan was cut off. Hardened CIA hands went to Kissinger ... for an aid programme for the many thousands of Kurdish refugees who were thus abruptly created.... The apercu of the day was: 鈥榝oreign policy should not he confused with missionary work.鈥� Saddam Hussein heartily concurred. 5. East Timor. The day after Kissinger left Djakarta in 1975, the Armed Forces of Indonesia employed American weapons to invade and subjugate the independent former Portuguese colony of East Timor. Isaacson gives a figure of 100,000 deaths resulting from the occupation, or one-seventh of the population, and there are good judges who put this estimate on the low side. Kissinger was furious when news of his own collusion was leaked, because as well as breaking international law the Indonesians were also violating an agreement with the United States.... Monroe Leigh ... pointed out this awkward latter fact. Kissinger snapped: 鈥楾he Israelis when they go into Lebanon鈥攚hen was the last time we protested that?鈥� A good question, even if it did not and does not lie especially well in his mouth. It goes on and on and on until one cannot eat enough to vomit enough. ...more ”
― Christopher Hitchens

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― Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, 唳呧Ν唳苦Ο唳距Δ唰嵿Π唳苦

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