Ah.  Of course.

All that needs to be known of that is our acquaintance once helped prevent a world war, while in another occasion negotiating a prisoner exchange, and it's been maintained in full knowledge of our respective intelligence agencies.

This was before we had a president who could so easily be bought into their submission.  The rest ?  

~ Nunya.

It's my experience that nothing tears down an evil more effectively than itself in the presence of a good thing it can't destroy.

~ 'The Sin' by Franz von Stuck ~