Word: realpolitiker
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...longer. Israel is still dependent on American military and financial support, but the U.S. is running out of Realpolitik reasons to continue providing...
Those of us who shiver at the thought of the destruction of Israel can no longer afford to couch our arguments in cold, calculating terms of Realpolitik. If we rely on these obsolete arguments, we will lose...
...Middle East, Bush has been eager to frame his policies in clearcut terms of right and wrong. But in the spirit of Realpolitik and a vision of international harmony, he will tactfully overlook Soviet injustices in search of his elusive New World Order. He will invoke morality only when it is convenient...
...editors. But in this case, we believe we must. The reader's argument, in its beguiling simplicity, contains all of the follies of the Cold War and the tragedy in Vietnam wrapped up into two sentences. This reader wants America to follow blindly our fearless leader for Realpolitik reasons. George Bush would love that. But the the U.S. should never plunge into war without debating it in a national forum. Obviously, Bush thinks he's right. But that is no reason for Congress to forfeit its Constitutional prerogative to question the president's judgment...
Then there is what might be called Bush's lack of moral imagination and empathy. After the massacre in Tiananmen Square, he said, "This is not the time for an emotional response." In this case and others, like Lithuania, there have been realpolitik reasons -- perhaps sufficient reasons -- for not cutting off the offending regime. But Bush's repeated cool response to distant suffering and struggles gives the impression that at some level he just doesn't get it. He may give his coat to a beggar on the street -- noblesse oblige -- but his sleep is not disturbed by things...