I think a real realpolitiker would look at the situation in the Levant, and conclude that the best course of action is to just ignore everybody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Carter on Gaza] Reference

It’s not like they haven’t also been the last refuge of the coldhearted realpolitiker as well, but there is that history in the CIA of self-annointing themselves as on the side of the angels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lean Left » Blog Archive » A Patronage Shop] Reference