> World historic criminal? Kissinger seems undeserving of that title considering the age he worked in. I'm not understanding the rationalization? I keep parsin

> World historic criminal? Kissinger seems undeserving of that title considering the age he worked in. I'm not understanding the rationalization? I keep parsing the sentence as either 'He's too old to be a criminal.' , or 'He existed in an era that was horrible, so give him a pass.' I don't consider either rationalizations to be worth contemplation, honestly. I'm not sure if 'war criminal' is a title with expiration, nor do I think that such titles should be normalized by comparing it to some of the most tumultuous times in human history. The only other group of people that shrug off 'war criminal' titles as easily as Kissinger are US presidents; that feels telling to me. He has a long and storied history of being a horrible person , but being exceedingly successful at it.