Rather than fawning on him, Hitchens suggested, "why don't you arrest him?"
Hitchens' words were lost on Senator McCain, who preferred fawning to accountability. That's where CODEPINK comes in. If we can't get Kissinger before a court of law, at least we can show--with words and banners--that there are Americans who remember, Americans who empathize with the man's many victims, Americans who have a conscience.
While McCain called us disgraceful, what is really disgraceful is the Senate calling in a tired old war criminal to testify about "Global Challenges and the U.S. National Security Strategy." After horribly tragic failed wars, not just in Vietnam but over the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's time for the US leaders like John McCain to bring in fresh faces and fresh ideas. We owe it to the next generation that will be cleaning up the bloody legacy left behind by Kissinger for years to come.
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