• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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      21 hours ago

      There’s a big difference between Kissinger and Graham, I mentioned this in another reply, but it bears repeating…

      Kissinger had the power and ability to act alone in his atrocities.

      Graham, as a member of the Senate, did not have that ability. Whatever evils he enacted, he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President.

      Kissinger did what he wanted, Graham literally could not on his own.

      Not saying he did good things, he was a complete tool, but a majority of the Legislative branch signed off on the things he did. Not the same thing at all.

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        18 hours ago

        he was able to do so with the consent of a majority of the House, Senate and President.

        So he was still a bad person but also other people agreed with him and enabled him to do bad stuff

        This is like saying “Jeff was not a bad person, they would restrain him so he couldn’t kill, while Josh was a very bad person because he could kill without restriction”