Rolling Stone dances on Henry Kissinger’s grave with brutal ‘good riddance’ headline: ‘Finally, the war criminal is dead’

Rolling Stone has been criticized for announcing the death of Henry Kissinger with a brutal headline that labeled him a “war criminal” and declared the 100-year-old statesman “good riddance.”

The left published a sharp obituary of Spencer Ackerman last night, saying Kissinger’s legacy should only be his “confirmed assassinations.”

“Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies,” the headline read.

Comparing Kissinger to domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber who killed 168 people, Ackerman said: “The shame of Nixon’s foreign policy architect stands forever alongside that of history’s worst mass murderers. A deeper shame clings to the country that honors him.’

Leftists cheered Rolling Stone on Twitter, and the magazine retweeted some of their praise.

Other leftists in both Britain and the US joined in the dance on Kissinger’s grave.

There was vitriol on social media and even cheers in the streets of New York among protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas, who reacted with jubilation when an organizer announced Kissinger’s death last night.

Greg Swenson, chairman of Republicans Overseas UK, told the BBC it was ‘a bit much’, adding: ‘I’m not defending all his policy mistakes, but he was also an important statesman and did a lot of good for the world. . Remember, this was the Cold War, there were hard choices… not many great outcomes were possible.”

Tudor Dixon, a Republican former candidate for governor of Michigan, said Rolling Stone should be “ashamed of itself.”

Political commentator Phumlani Majozi said: “Every post-World War II US Secretary of State and US President could easily be accused of war crimes. Yet it is only Kissinger who was singled out, labeled a ‘war criminal’, hunted and demonized.’

Scathing comments from Anthony Bourdain, the beloved celebrity chef who died by suicide in 2016, also resurfaced in light of Kissinger’s death.

In 2001, Bourdain wrote, “Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop beating Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You’ll never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, devious, murderous bastard having a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending a black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking up.

‘Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruit of his talent for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he is not sitting next to Milosevic in the dock in The Hague.’

The death at the age of 100 of a diplomatic giant, who recalled hearing the news that Hitler had been elected at the age of 10 and who went on to advise 12 presidents from JFK to Joe Biden, has divided opinion.

Ben Rhodes, Barack Obama’s former speechwriter, told BBC Radio 4’s Today program that Kissinger was a hypocrite who “failed catastrophically” in Southeast Asia by expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia and Laos. Former Labor MP Chris Mullin said: ‘I see the global elite lining up to pay tribute to that cynical old war criminal Henry Kissinger.’

But former Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: ‘With the passing of Henry Kissinger we have lost a giant of diplomacy and strategy – and peacemaking. The world needs him now. If ever there was an author of peace and a lover of concord, that man was Henry Kissinger.”

And Security Secretary Tom Tugendhat wrote: “I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend Henry Kissinger.

‘He was a brilliant negotiator and an extraordinary statesman. I will always be grateful for his wisdom and for the kindness he showed me.”