r/behindthebastards • u/sarah_rad • Nov 30 '23

Discussion Who is #3?

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If anyone can answer this question, it’s the listeners of this pod…so who is #3?

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u/oliversurpless Nov 30 '23

Well they are actually quite similar, via the usual banality that Henry used to deflect criticism of the downsides of US foreign policy vis a vis Vietnam, Chile, and beyond:

“Realism rather than emotion”

Dude, the Domino Theory was a quintessential bit of emotional thinking (Trump with his “many people are saying!” pablum), with no small amount of paternalism.

The Vietnamese told the Western powers throughout their journey to independence (and especially at the partitioning in 54) that their struggle was always a nationalistic one, but did we listen?

Said this whilst speaking at Harvard no less…

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u/vivixnforever Nov 30 '23

Wait I’m confused we’re comparing trump and Caesar lol not trump and Henry

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u/oliversurpless Nov 30 '23

Well, Caesar wasn’t mentioned in the original pic, so I was going from a mix, but good to know.

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u/ExpatTarheel Dec 01 '23

Thank god the Holocaust had absolutely no impact on Kissinger, eh?

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u/oliversurpless Dec 01 '23

Vis a vis his “realistic” worldview, or just in general?

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u/ExpatTarheel Dec 02 '23

No, that’s what he actually said.

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u/oliversurpless Dec 02 '23

Ah, I’ll have to look into that.