3 ms·
In foreign policy you have to walk a line between moralism and realism. Kissinger was too much a realist. But moralism has its dangers too, as we saw with the B
by slibhb 3y ago
In foreign policy you have to walk a line between moralism and realism. Kissinger was too much a realist. But moralism has its dangers too, as we saw with the Bush (Iraq, Afghanistan) and Obama (Libya) administrations.
At any rate, it's hard to think of anyone who is more responsible for the continued post-war global dominance of the US than Henry Kissinger.
- master_crab 3y agoFDR, Eisenhower, Truman. Hell even Clinton is more responsible for post war global dominance than Kissinger.
- rgmerk 3y agoAny number of Fed chairs. Whoever started DARPA. America's global dominance, and China's challenge to it, depends far more on economic heft than the machinations of diplomats, even ones as ruthless as Kissenger.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]