Oriana Fallaci, an Italian journalist who shrewdly ensnared him: “Dr. Kissinger how do you explain the incredible movie-star status you enjoy? How do you explain the fact that you are almost more famous and popular than a president?”10 He initially demurred but could not resist the temptation to preen: “Americans like the cowboy who leads the wagon train by riding alone ahead on his horse, who rides all alone into the town with his horse and nothing else. Maybe even without a pistol since he doesn’t shoot.” It was a ridiculous analogy, but one guaranteed to infuriate Nixon, who most certainly
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