In the last sixty or so years,
our world has produced some very unsettling figures who we label as war
criminals or people who have committed crimes against humanity--
Africa's Idi Amin, Iraq's Hussien, Serbia's Milosovec , Cambodia's Pol
Pot, and the king of kings, Germany's Hitler quickly come to mind.It
is strange that with our immoral foreign policy in Vietnam in the 60's,
Central and South America in the 70's and now Iraq, no one from the USA
is on the list.

However, things could be changing. Fingers are pointing
at Henry Kissinger. Christopher Hitchens has written a very well
researched book about Kissinger's involvment in the bombing of Cambodia
and the overthtow of Salvador Allende, the democratically elected
president of Chile. I have always suspected Kissinger of being a bit of
an evil sort, especially after reading a despicable quote he made days
before the overthrow and murder of Allende: "I don't see why we need to
stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility
of its own people. The issues are much to important for the Chilean
voters to decide for themselves."Besides Hitchens, Kissinger is
feeling the heat from the international community. Spain, Brazil,
Argentina, Chile and France want him for questioning for possible war
crimes.

While in Paris in 2001, Kissinger was summoned to answer
questions about murders and disappearances in Chile, but he promptly left France the day after being summoned without answering anyquestions.
It
is doubtful that Kissinger will ever be prosecuted, but we should
always realize that war criminals are not always from "somewhere else."
They can be part of our very own government.
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BBC - h2g2 - 'The Trial of Henry Kissinger' - a Book Review