> At the outset, I should say that I am a fan of Kissinger and his realpolitik Let me tell you a quick story. I have a branch in my family who was entirely wip

> At the outset, I should say that I am a fan of Kissinger and his realpolitik Let me tell you a quick story. I have a branch in my family who was entirely wiped out (save for one boy) in the genocide in Timor-Leste, which killed 150,000 to 200,000 people (if that doesn't seem that much to you, the population of Timor was 688,000). That invasion was approved by the US (Kissinger and Ford met with Suharto on the eve of the invasion to give the OK), financed by the US, with troops trained by the US and armed by the US. The reason? The people of the freshly liberated country were on the verge of holding their first democratic elections, choosing a left-wing party, and declaring independence. So pardon me if I'm not "a fan of his realpolitik". Disgusting mass murderers is what they are, it's not because they wore a suit that murder becomes something else. "Ivory tower" indeed.