Henry Kissinger - The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstrac...

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The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

Henry Kissinger

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der Vietnamkrieg zwang uns dazu, eher das nationale Interesse als die abstrakten Prinzipien zu betonen. Was Präsident Nixon und ich versuchten zu tun, war unnatürlich. Deshalb haben wir es nicht geschafft.

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