[alstewartfan]

He was a foolhardy amoral Utopian. He would have fit in perfectly during the French Revolution. And he would have been beheaded.

[Verginius Rufus]

Nixon and Kissinger sided with West Pakistan when East Pakistan seceded (to become Bangladesh). There was no good reason for East Pakistan to be under the thumb of the West Pakistanis--the only thing they had in common was being predominantly Muslim areas of what had been British India. Lots of rapes by West Pakistani soldiers of East Pakistani women during their attempt to subdue the Bengalis. Classic example of Realpolitik.