Sanders criticizes Pompeo for meeting with 'destructive' Kissinger

[Uncle Joe]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized a meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of State and national security adviser Henry Kissinger, noting Kissinger’s “destructive” legacy.

“Henry Kissinger was one of the most destructive Secretaries of State in the history of this country,” the Vermont senator and presidential candidate tweeted Sunday in response to a tweet from Pompeo saying he was “always grateful for … conversations” with Kissinger. “A Sanders administration will not be taking advice from Henry Kissinger,” Sanders added.

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Kissinger, who served in the Nixon and Ford administrations, has frequently been criticized by human rights activists for his role in the 1973 CIA-backed Chilean military coup that brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power.

Kissinger also played key roles in the U.S. bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam war, believed to have killed thousands of civilians, and the U.S. backing of the Pakistani military in a 1971 campaign against ethnic Bengalis that has been described as a genocide.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/463571-sanders-criticizes-pompeo-for-meeting-with-destructive-kissinger

[Perseus]

1. Well done Bernie

I am glad Bernie always has the guts to tell it like it is.

[BeckyDem]

2. Kissinger is a criminal so we can see why Pompeo likes him.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Probably asking Kissinger about how to survive the boss flaming out.

Fat Mike needs to figure out a way to salvage his own political career.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Considering that 80% - 90% of the country doesn't know who Mike Pompeo is,

I think that this criticism won't have anything but a minimal impact on the primaries.