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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. 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.



“Brutal play of realpolitik game” as if committing war crimes is some kind of tough-nailed, pragmatic style of leadership.


tough-nailed, pragmatic style of leadership.

That's a rough definition of realpolitik. Pragmatism over ideals or morals is baked into the concept.


Yes, your praise has been noted.


I 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.




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