I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged t… - Zbigniew Brzezinski

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I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to help the Cambodian people. Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him. But China could.

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Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (March 28, 1928 - May 26, 2017) was a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor in the administration of President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.

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Native Name: Zbigniew Brzeziński

Alternative Names: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski • Zbig • Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński

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