Review – The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Though not particularly remarkable as a documentary, this movie is made worthwhile simply by virtue of its subject. Today Kissinger is associated primarily with Nixon’s diplomatic successes in China. Those who remember his tenure in the US government a little better recall his hard work to keep the Vietnam War going and –failing that – to illegally expand the conflict to Cambodia. But now we find some fresh bile seeping from old wounds. Kissinger emerges as a political opportunist willing to sacrifice superiors, subordinates, and of course thousands of human lives in order to secure his place in the corridors of power and the pages of history. The question of a trial enters the picture with the attempt by the British and Spanish governments to prosecute Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity, crimes in which Kissinger was implicated. Though neither of these monsters is ever likely to reap his just rewards, it’s nice to be reminded that at least someone still remembers what they did. Now if they could just make a movie like this about Oliver North. Mildly amusing