About this episode
The episode discusses Henry Kissinger's controversial peace announcement during the Vietnam War and its implications on American politics.
Rumble link Bitchute link False Flag Weekly News link On October 26, 1972, Henry Kissinger momentously announced: “Peace is at hand.” According to Kissinger, North Vietnam and their Vietcong allies were about to see the light, lay down their weapons, and come to terms with the US and its South Vietnamese vassal. Kissinger’s announcement made screaming front page headlines. It electrified the country, coming as it did seven years after US involvement in Vietnam had become a quagmire, and five years after American public opinion had turned decisively against the war. The American people were sick of the war, and Kissinger’s bombshell promised not just peace, but “peace with honor.” Kissinger stunned the world with his peace announcement just twelve days before his boss, President Richard Nixon, sought re-election against antiwar challenger George McGovern. Though McGovern’s campaign had been hobbled not only by its own mistakes, but also by a long list of “dirty tricks” by pro-Nixon covert operations, Nixon’s campaign still faced the problem of the election potentially becoming a referendum on the war, which conceivably could allow McGovern to snatch victory from the jaws of…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Barrett
Topics covered
- peace negotiations
- Vietnam War
- political history
- Kissinger
- Nixon
- McGovern
- US foreign policy
Keywords
- Kissinger
- Vietnam War
- peace announcement
- Nixon
- McGovern
- politics
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: North Vietnam, Vietcong, US, South Vietnamese
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