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Part Six: Kissinger

Behind the Bastards

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Kissinger Is the Dave Grohl of the Bush Administration, Right?

Kissinger was sucking up to powerful people to tell them by telling them what they wanted to hear. Hillary Clinton had taken part in outrage protests against Kissinger's bombing of Cambodia. As Secretary of State, she praised the astute observations he shared with her and wrote in a review of one of his books, Kissinger is a friend. He set ideological and philosophical trends that are still shaping the way the US government functions today.

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