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Don't get me wrong, I'm not denying his brutal play of realpolitik game or any of his awful failures. (Also the Nobel Peace Prize has become pretty meaningless.
by ineedasername 5y ago
Don't get me wrong, I'm not denying his brutal play of realpolitik game or any of his awful failures. (Also the Nobel Peace Prize has become pretty meaningless. I usually wonder what skeletons will come out of the closets of any recipients--Hitchens had some bad things to say about Mother Teressa too.)
I'm talking about his name recognition, and most importantly his influence & connections. I'm sure he'd rather be remembered for his work with the Soviet Union & China.
- avgcorrection 5y ago“Brutal play of realpolitik game” as if committing war crimes is some kind of tough-nailed, pragmatic style of leadership.
- ineedasername 5y agotough-nailed, pragmatic style of leadership. That's a rough definition of realpolitik. Pragmatism over ideals or morals is baked into the concept.
- avgcorrection 5y agoYes, your praise has been noted.
- ineedasername 5y agoI don't understand your comment. I didn't praise anything, I affirmed the definition of a word. Anything else you got from my comment came from your own reading (too much) into what I wrote.