Again (as he did last week) Paul claims to sit aloft, and explain to us rubes… why Kissinger was a great man (it plainly stings him that Sandra Day is revered, while Kissinger is tolerated, in memoriam). Uh-huh.

He proceeds to openly admit that Kissinger’s philosophy about statesmanship was that in the main, it should not be a goal. The only goal, as opposed to moral leadership (when you effectively rule the world, as the USA did in the 1960s and 1970s)… is acting in your own interests, and choosing among various evils.

But, according to Kissinger, one should expect — in fact relish — doing evil, when one… rules.

This is a fascinating admission, as Paul seems to think it makes Carter / Obama / Biden silly idealists. But they, like JFK… actually believe, and believed, that power was to be used to improve humanity — to lead with moral groundings, and be kind whenever possible — in the face of inferior powers.

End evil with moral suasion — and only swing a stick when absolutely required. In contrast, Nixon/Kissinger/Reagan/Bush43/Trump would swing the stick and strike an overmatched opponent on the regular — solely to threaten the larger powers… a rule by intimidation, largely. And feckless idiots like Mirengoff and Hinderaker and Johnson view this as… laudable. That they paper over their sins by calling it “realism”… is Orwellian.

Anyhoo — as my graphics suggest — where Paul means to go with all this is to say… “it’s cool that IDF is now killing children and women in Gaza — because they live… in a bad neighborhood.”

He is a sad — and ultimately lost, Old Testament style soul.

His latest post… certainly proves it.