Back when the Vietnam War was raging, perhaps the only person more reviled than Richard Nixon by the radical Left was Henry Kissinger. The former National Security advisor and Secretary of State has served his adopted country with intelligence and indefatigable energy on and off for some five decades. He has, in one capacity or another, labored under six presidents. In return, he has been consistently abused by the Left. Old habits die hard. For no sooner had President Bush announced that he was appointing Mr. Kissinger to chair an independent, bipartisan inquiry into government actions prior to September 11 than the establishment Left accused Mr. Kissinger of—what? Financial peculation? Suspicious campaign contributions from hostile foreign powers? Lying? Obstructing the course of justice? No, no, we are not talking about the Bill and Hillary show. Henry Kissinger stood accused of consulting for corporate clients—and he would not tell ...

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