Dr.Strangelove

Next time you see Doctor Henry Kissinger being interviewed on CNN as an expert on American foreign policy,I want you to think of this quote taken from the White House tapes that were released during the Watergate trials.
This conversation took place in the Oval Office,April 25,1972 between President Nixon,Doctor Kissinger,then Secretary of State and a White House aide

President:How many did we kill in Laos?
Ziegler:Maybe ten thousand-fifteen?
Kissinger:In the Laotian thing,we killed about ten,fifteen..
President:See,the attack in the North that we have in mind..power plants,whatevers left..the docks..and I still think we ought to take the dikes out now.Will that drown people?
Kissinger:About two hundred thousand people
President:No,no,no..I'd rather use the nuclear bomb.Have you got that Henry?
Kissinger:That,I think,would be too much
President:The nuclear bomb,does that bother you?..I just want you to think big,Henry,for christsakes.

In a later exchange Nixon observed to Kissinger:
"The only place where you and i disagree..is with regard to the bombing.You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians and I don't give a damn.I don't care."
Kissinger responded:
"I'm concerned about the civilians because I don't want the world to be mobilized against you as a butcher.."

NO BLOOD FOR OIL
TROOPS OUT NOW