This sounds strangely familiar, 45 years later.

Declassified LBJ Tapes Accuse Richard Nixon of Treason – Slashdot.

The political dreams of one man were more important than fucking over two countries, killing a few hundred thousand people, destabilizing the power balance between world powers and bringing the planet to the edge of nuclear Armageddon.

The whole thing was repeated with Iraq, and now hawks are trying to do the same to Iran.