Ok, but please don't take HN threads on extremely predictable flamewar tangents. It leads to extremely predictable flamewars. We don't want those here. No, that's not a defense of war criminals. We're just trying to have an internet forum that doesn't suck (to the extent possible), and that means responding to the most interesting things in an article, not the most obvious provocation.
Was this a flame "war"? It seems most (or all) comments are in agreement, that the deference of the Economist towards Kissinger is a little over the top. That was only my point.
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