PPP wrote:The United States’ controversial bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War killed fewer civilians than American drone attacks under President Barack Obama have done, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said on the weekend, a claim labelled as “disingenuous”, foolish and plain wrong by historians and experts.

In a National Public Radio (NPR) interview aired Saturday, Kissinger also said decisions taken by the US during the war, including the massive aerial bombing of Cambodia and Laos, were correct and would be taken by anyone faced with the same circumstances today.

Estimates for the number of civilian casualties of the US bombardment of Cambodia targeting North Vietnamese communists and later the Khmer Rouge – which saw some 2.75 million tonnes of ordnance dropped between 1965 and 1973 – vary greatly, however most scholars agree that they are at least in the tens of thousands.

Unexploded ordnance from the period continues to kill Cambodians today.

In comparison, US drone attacks are estimated to have killed 2,702 to 4,316 people in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia in total under Bush and Obama, with up to 1,041 civilian deaths, according to the UK-based Bureau for Investigative Journalism.

Little information is known about drone casualties in Afghanistan, where more than 1,000 strikes have occurred.

In the NPR interview, Kissinger, 90, who served as national security adviser to US president Richard Nixon from 1969 until he was appointed secretary of state in 1973, was asked to respond to those critical of his role in the bombing campaign.

“They should study what is going on. I think we would find, if you study the conduct of guerrilla-type wars, that the Obama administration has hit more targets on a broader scale than the Nixon administration ever did,” he said.

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Soi Dog wrote:If that helps you sleep better at night, Henry.

PPP wrote:The United States’ controversial bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War killed fewer civilians than American drone attacks under President Barack Obama have done, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said on the weekend, a claim labelled as “disingenuous”, foolish and plain wrong by historians and experts.

In a National Public Radio (NPR) interview aired Saturday, Kissinger also said decisions taken by the US during the war, including the massive aerial bombing of Cambodia and Laos, were correct and would be taken by anyone faced with the same circumstances today.

Estimates for the number of civilian casualties of the US bombardment of Cambodia targeting North Vietnamese communists and later the Khmer Rouge – which saw some 2.75 million tonnes of ordnance dropped between 1965 and 1973 – vary greatly, however most scholars agree that they are at least in the tens of thousands.

Unexploded ordnance from the period continues to kill Cambodians today.

In comparison, US drone attacks are estimated to have killed 2,702 to 4,316 people in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia in total under Bush and Obama, with up to 1,041 civilian deaths, according to the UK-based Bureau for Investigative Journalism.

Little information is known about drone casualties in Afghanistan, where more than 1,000 strikes have occurred.

In the NPR interview, Kissinger, 90, who served as national security adviser to US president Richard Nixon from 1969 until he was appointed secretary of state in 1973, was asked to respond to those critical of his role in the bombing campaign.

“They should study what is going on. I think we would find, if you study the conduct of guerrilla-type wars, that the Obama administration has hit more targets on a broader scale than the Nixon administration ever did,” he said.

more...

http://phnompenhpost.com/national/us-bombing-defended

The Add Jay wrote:

Soi Dog wrote:If that helps you sleep better at night, Henry.

PPP wrote:The United States’ controversial bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War killed fewer civilians than American drone attacks under President Barack Obama have done, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said on the weekend, a claim labelled as “disingenuous”, foolish and plain wrong by historians and experts.

In a National Public Radio (NPR) interview aired Saturday, Kissinger also said decisions taken by the US during the war, including the massive aerial bombing of Cambodia and Laos, were correct and would be taken by anyone faced with the same circumstances today.

Estimates for the number of civilian casualties of the US bombardment of Cambodia targeting North Vietnamese communists and later the Khmer Rouge – which saw some 2.75 million tonnes of ordnance dropped between 1965 and 1973 – vary greatly, however most scholars agree that they are at least in the tens of thousands.

Unexploded ordnance from the period continues to kill Cambodians today.

In comparison, US drone attacks are estimated to have killed 2,702 to 4,316 people in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia in total under Bush and Obama, with up to 1,041 civilian deaths, according to the UK-based Bureau for Investigative Journalism.

Little information is known about drone casualties in Afghanistan, where more than 1,000 strikes have occurred.

In the NPR interview, Kissinger, 90, who served as national security adviser to US president Richard Nixon from 1969 until he was appointed secretary of state in 1973, was asked to respond to those critical of his role in the bombing campaign.

“They should study what is going on. I think we would find, if you study the conduct of guerrilla-type wars, that the Obama administration has hit more targets on a broader scale than the Nixon administration ever did,” he said.

more...

http://phnompenhpost.com/national/us-bombing-defended

Obama is a treasonous president. Nixon was not. Nixon was actually one of the greatest leaders America ever had but was destroyed by the emotionally unstable far left. Obama has committed many treasonous acts FAR WORST then Watergate ever was but since the American people lost the press we have been taking it on the face.


And that was just his first 4 years....