[lbo-talk] Henry the Charmer

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Eubulides" <paraconsistent at comcast.net>
>
>http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2004/10/22/news/kiss.html
>Succumbing to Kissinger's charm
>By Scott Shane The New York Times
>Saturday, October 23, 2004
>
>in ... Koppel, 64, said he was not astonished to find that his calls had 
>been
>recorded. "Hey, this was the Watergate era," he said. As an ambitious
>reporter in his early 30s, he said, he was influenced by Kissinger's
>superstar status. He believes he has "gotten tougher" as a reporter over
>the years, he said....

Indubitably!  Koppel's hard-hitting style was much on display during the 
invasion of Iraq, when he was dressed up in his little solider outfit and 
embedded in the US Army.  It was impressive that anyone could do so much 
cheerleading for the Pentagon while encumbered with all that desert-combat 
gear.

Carl