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Maybe a little Werner von Braun in there.
Curtis LeMay was a madman. I prefer to think that George C. Scott's character was modeled on LeMay. I have heard for decades that Strangelove was Kissinger.
I may be wrong, but Strangelove certainly was not LeMay, who was clearly played by Scott. "Jet exhaust frying chickens in the barnyard!" And then there was his mortality estimations. That's LeMay. Not Strangelove.
BTW, don't you absolutely love Kubrick? I do.
My best to you.
But Kissenger was behind the scenes before Nixon. He was allegedly taught to tone down his German accent before he was allowed to speak in public.
I know. It sounds crazy, but that was the word on the political street at the time. That as well as he was Kubrick's model for Strangelove.
Amazingly, I have not Snoped this claim. Maybe I ought to. I'll be back.
Although I was only obliquely aware of him at the time. It was the late 60's when I first heard of him. But what you posted aligns with what I heard back then.
And I agree that no self-respecting Democrat should cite him as a mentor, or a friend, or even an acquaintance.
As always.
Nailed it all!
And the Internet is usually such a civil place, love that! 
