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- adjective Of or pertaining to Henry Kissinger (1923-), German-born American
political scientist ,diplomat , and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Etymologies
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Very Kissingerian in its amoral convolution, and undoubtedly beyond the capacities of the planning branches of the Bush administration.
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Very Kissingerian in its amoral convolution, and undoubtedly beyond the capacities of the planning branches of the Bush administration.
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What better time for a Kissingerian intervention -- not for peacekeeping as he was never known for that -- but for Machiavellian manipulation...
Richard Walden: Somalia: Henry Kissinger and Me, Circa 1980 Richard Walden 2011
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What better time for a Kissingerian intervention -- not for peacekeeping as he was never known for that -- but for Machiavellian manipulation...
Richard Walden: Somalia: Henry Kissinger and Me, Circa 1980 Richard Walden 2011
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But from there it only got worse, with Obama's foreign policy repudiating most of President Bush's democracy-building gestures and opting instead for Kissingerian realpolitik, with America prepared to do business with almost any kind of dictator so long as it served our interests.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Obama, Who Refused to Lead, Is the Big Loser on Egypt Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Very Kissingerian in its amoral convolution, and undoubtedly beyond the capacities of the planning branches of the Bush administration.
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But from there it only got worse, with Obama's foreign policy repudiating most of President Bush's democracy-building gestures and opting instead for Kissingerian realpolitik, with America prepared to do business with almost any kind of dictator so long as it served our interests.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Obama, Who Refused to Lead, Is the Big Loser on Egypt Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Under Obama, America has retreated substantially from President Bush's policies of promoting democracy and human rights and has reverted to Kissingerian realpolitik, ready to make deals with tyrants so long as it promotes an artificial sense of peace.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Helen Thomas and Open Season on Jews 2010
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Despite his disdain for everything Kissingerian, he played the familiar Kissinger card: he'd be on the road, he explained, and therefore unavailable.
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Under Obama, America has retreated substantially from President Bush's policies of promoting democracy and human rights and has reverted to Kissingerian realpolitik, ready to make deals with tyrants so long as it promotes an artificial sense of peace.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Helen Thomas and Open Season on Jews 2010
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