Déjà vu...

[Barst]

"The only place you and I disagree . . . is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big."

President Richard Nixon to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the Watergate tapes