He resented Frank back then too.
It's just jealousy, pure and simple; others like franksolich, but they don't care much for Cold Warrior.
The "secret" to this is that I'm a nice guy, one of the nicest guys one can ever hope to meet.....and he's not.
Cold Warrior's got to learn that it's a Hell of lot easier being a nice guy than being a nasty one; less calories expended, less frustrations.
In fact, the whole of the snobbish elitist lorgnette-and-pearls crowd over there, with the exception of Welles the orson dude, and to a much more limited extent, the ramparts dude, needs to learn they'd be more popular if they'd be nicer.