[Tublecane]

Kissinger is one of the most overrated historical figures. His policy was gobbledygook, and he didn’t achieve one thing diplomatically. What’s that you say, the China Thaw? What, like they weren’t going to go on roughhousing Russia without us? Or as if we wouldn’t buy their stuff on the open market once they veered capitalist without making a show of recognizing them?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Kissinger is one of the most overrated historical figures. His policy was gobbledygook, and he didn’t achieve one thing diplomatically. What’s that you say, the China Thaw? What, like they weren’t going to go on roughhousing Russia without us? Or as if we wouldn’t buy their stuff on the open market once they veered capitalist without making a show of recognizing them?

About Kissinger - yeah, the guy was an unabashed lover of mass murderers. Read Kissinger's "White House Years" memoirs sometime - the affection he has for the likes of Pakistani military dictator Yahya Khan is cringe-inducing, and the outright adoration Kissinger expresses for Mao Zedong is beyond belief. Yahya Khan and Mao both had death counts measured in the millions.

There's no question the US backed the wrong dog in the fight between India and Pakistan - the world would probably be a better place today if India had been allowed to complete it's disintegration of Pakistan back then. But it wasn't all one-sided. Nehru was a Fabian socialist who spurned overtures from the US and his alignment with the Soviet Union while posing as a neutralist made a mockery of his credibility and hurt India both economically and geo-politically for decades. His daughter Indira Gandhi continued his policies.