tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post7910953554139401543..comments2024-01-12T15:32:22.236-08:00Comments on The Episconixonian: Hiss Or History? Part IIFr. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974142521713230215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post-33166180300726154802010-12-26T20:26:20.867-08:002010-12-26T20:26:20.867-08:00That would be probably be true if that was what Ni...That would be probably be true if that was what Nixon was doing, although that's not what I was talking about. This is a matter of our sorting out what Nixon meant and what he did not based on what our position is on a given question. Gen. Lavelle's family wants the tapes to mean that Nixon gave the orders that would exonerate him. Lavelle's critics say the tapes don't prove anything. Michael Gerson wants the tapes to mean that Nixon was indifferent to the idea of a Soviet holocaust against Jews because he, Gerson, is making a case against what he takes to be realism in foreign policy. Realist Kissinger argues that the tapes don't mean anything because Nixon got more Jews out of Russia than any other president. And so it goes. The tapes are only going to be one element of the whole story.Fr. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974142521713230215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post-3237480838721030832010-12-26T20:11:53.893-08:002010-12-26T20:11:53.893-08:00There's nothing honorable in the chief executi...There's nothing honorable in the chief executive of the United States leaving his subalterns to sort out which of his orders he "meant" and which he did not. In fact, that may have been his most dishonorable trait of all.Rick Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210571165266146662noreply@blogger.com