From a conversation between US President Richard M. Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, September 16, 1973.

Nixon: Nothing new of any importance or is there?
Kissinger: Nothing of very great consequence. The Chilean thing is getting consolidated and of course the newspapers are bleeding because a pro-Communist government has been overthrown.
Nixon: Isn’t that something. Isn’t that something.
Kissinger: I mean instead of celebrating – in the Eisenhower period we would be heroes.
Nixon: Well we didn’t – as you know – our hand doesn’t show on this one though.
Kissinger: We didn’t do it. I mean we helped them. [garbled] created the conditions as great as possible.
Nixon: That is right. And that is the way it is going to be played.

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   black dog barking 2009 09 18 at 2:12:30 pm

   There’s something quietly wrenching about the image of a jet buzzing the city, a landmark left billowing dark smoke. Even if it isn’t *our* landmark turning to smoke.