A Short Course in the Secret War by Christopher Felix

Washington DC with Nixon-Kissinger presided over it /TRXGUXQ3ip The GENOCIDE rape camps of Pakistan Army- butchery by Rao Farman Ali & his troops all over East Pakistan the carnage that led to Birth of a Nation The famous “Blood” Telegram of Archer K Blood #Remembering1971 Blood, whose cables to Washington to the effect that the atrocities committed by the Pakistan army needed to be condemned by the administration were callously ignored. In Bangladesh, every conversation around Kissinger inevitably and naturally zeroes in on the insensitivity he demonstrated toward the conscience-driven US diplomat in Dhaka, Archer K. There was no way the American administration would therefore have Yahya Khan acknowledge the tragedy his soldiers were wreaking in Bangladesh. The focus of the Nixon-Kissinger policy was an opening to China, with Pakistan as a conduit in July of the year. He has never been on record and neither has Nixon (as long as he lived) with any condemnation of the Yahya Khan junta’s repressive measures in occupied Bangladesh. Kissinger will likely term the entire episode - of American policy in South Asia in 1971 - as part of Washington’s emphasis on pragmatic foreign policy considerations by the Nixon administration. Every conversation in Bangladesh and India, though not necessarily in Pakistan, revolves around what is regarded as the dark manner in which he, along with President Richard Nixon, promoted the infamous pro-Pakistan tilt even as millions of Bengalis in what was then Pakistan’s eastern province were being subjected to a genocide by the Pakistan army.

In South Asia, Kissinger’s reputation remains in question, given the controversial role he played in relation to the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. In these past couple of years, he has authored a book on leadership and has co-authored another on Artificial Intelligence. Even more surprising is the fact that despite his frail health he remains mentally alert. That he will be a hundred years old is surprising.

Towards the end of this month, Henry Kissinger will become a centenarian. Henry Kissinger has been questioned about his inaction to prevent Bangladesh genocide

A Short Course in the Secret War by Christopher Felix