I've Never Met Any Strong Critic Of

Richard Nixon Even Before Becoming President, Before Meeting Henry Kissinger, He Said, "this Is Ridiculous. Communism Is Nationalist. The Chinese And Russian And Yugoslav And Cuban And - None Of These Communists Get Along, And The Koreans And The Vietnamese, And We Can Do Business With Them." And Then He Opened Up To China, And That's When The Cold War Started.

Eisenhower Was A Pretty Peace-oriented President. Truman Was A Pretty Hawkish. I Would Argue, If We Had More Time, I Would Argue Truman Had A Lot To Do With Getting The Cold War Going.

Much Of What Candidates Have To Do Is Raise Money And Appeal To Constituencies Or Interest Groups That Can Provide That Money.

We Pick Governors From States Where Governors Don't Do Anything, Like Jimmy Carter From Georgia, George W. Bush From Texas.

It Takes No Courage To Make War, Particularly If You're Not Going To Go And Your Children Are Not Going To Go.