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Everyone seems to hate Kissinger except my late ethnic german grandma who lived through WW2 in Berlin. What did he do?
by boppo1 3y ago
Everyone seems to hate Kissinger except my late ethnic german grandma who lived through WW2 in Berlin. What did he do?
- CamperBob2 3y agoI don't want to derail the thread by getting into that; you can ask people from Ukraine to Cambodia to Indonesia to Latin America about the real-world effects of his brand of realpolitik. He's a big fan of placating dictators and invaders by ceding other peoples' territory to them.
- rightbyte 3y agoNot being a warmonger is a bad thing? The real nightmare is if the US deny you your right to lose. Like Vietnam.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoHe was very much a warmonger, he just favored fomenting war by parties which might be inclined to fight.
- rightbyte 3y agoOh, ye, well I need to read up on political history.
- CamperBob2 3y agoNot being a warmonger is a bad thing? When war comes to your doorstep, yes, not being a warmonger is a bad thing. Bullies understand only force and violence. They will not listen to reason, and they will not return the favor after you come to their aid. Kissinger, who spent his youth being bullied by real, live Nazis, should have understood that. And when your cause is just, you need to be able to count on help from friendly Western democracies, not debates over how much of your country should be turned over to your attacker.