Today history plays politics to deaf ears

Then

Nixon: I’d rather use the nuclear bomb. Have you got that ready?

Kissinger: That, I think, would just be too much.

Nixon: A nuclear bomb, does that bother you?… I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ’s sake! The only place where you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You’re so goddamned concerned about civilians, and I don’t give a damn. I don’t care.

Kissinger: I’m concerned about the civilians because I don’t want the world to be mobilized against you as a butcher.

Now

 “There is nothing worse than a president having a narrow range of opinion — it always goes poorly,” Zelizer said. “That’s why it’s healthy to have advisors who say that what you are doing is wrong…Without that, presidents often move swiftly into poor decisions, for the nation and for themselves.”

Quote by Alex Wellerstein, published October 25th, 2013   Printed by   http://thehill.com