> You can disagree with most of his decisions, but to not even consider his advice after all he's experienced seems unwise. He was a shitty statesman, and a la

> You can disagree with most of his decisions, but to not even consider his advice after all he's experienced seems unwise. He was a shitty statesman, and a laughably bad political consultant. For just how a "high class" consultant he was, look for how he absolutely hilariously blew the Rockefeller's plans to enter politics. Saying him simply being "unwise" would not make him any justice. > These are the hard decisions one grapples with as Secretary of State. Kissinger's own history as a Jewish immigrant who witnessed Nazism led to this rationalistic pessimism, and this idea that the best state we can hope for is teetering on the edge, slowly relieving tension a la detente, and that true utopia is unachievable. Traumatic experiences can change a person for both good, or worse. In this case, this bitterness, and insecurity definitely turned a person for worse.