Trump v Nixon

[Merrill]

No, he prolonged the Vietnam War by sabotaging LBJ's negotiations. This is established fact now.


It's a shame he used that knowledge for crooked ends at times.

There are historians who disagree with the claim that Nixon deliberately prolonged the Vietnam War. Here is one:

Did Nixon deliberately prolong Vietnam War?

A new biography of Richard Nixon by journalist John Farrell (Richard Nixon: The Life) is the best book ever written on the former president’s life with one glaring exception: Farrell resuscitates the old claim that during the final stretch of the 1968 campaign Nixon deliberately sabotaged...

www.daytondailynews.com

"The undisputed fact is there was no chance for a peace agreement in 1968 which would have been accepted by any American president.
And Le Duan, the general secretary of the Communist Party in North Vietnam and the real power in Hanoi, would not have settled for anything less than a unilateral American withdrawal from South Vietnam while simultaneously toppling the South Vietnamese regime of President Nguyen Van Thieu."

so it is not an "established fact" that Nixon "sabotaged LBJ's peace talks" --that is a left-wing media narrative. The truth is a lot more complicated

 

[NxNW]

There are historians who disagree with the claim that Nixon deliberately prolonged the Vietnam War. Here is one:

Did Nixon deliberately prolong Vietnam War?

A new biography of Richard Nixon by journalist John Farrell (Richard Nixon: The Life) is the best book ever written on the former president’s life with one glaring exception: Farrell resuscitates the old claim that during the final stretch of the 1968 campaign Nixon deliberately sabotaged...

www.daytondailynews.com

"The undisputed fact is there was no chance for a peace agreement in 1968 which would have been accepted by any American president.
And Le Duan, the general secretary of the Communist Party in North Vietnam and the real power in Hanoi, would not have settled for anything less than a unilateral American withdrawal from South Vietnam while simultaneously toppling the South Vietnamese regime of President Nguyen Van Thieu."

so it is not an "established fact" that Nixon "sabotaged LBJ's peace talks" --that is a left-wing media narrative.

It's so left-wing, George Will wrote about it!

George Will Confirms Nixon's Vietnam Treason

Richard Nixon was a traitor. The new release of extended versions of Nixon's papers now confirms this long-standing belief, usually dismissed as a "conspiracy theory" by Republican conservatives. Now it has been substantiated by none other than right-wing columnist George Will. Nixon's newly...

www.commondreams.org

 

[mark46]

By accepting the pardon, he was admitting guilt. This per a SCOTUS ruling, which is why Ford pardoned Nixon -- it established guilt.

Yes, he refused to take the advice of Gov Connelly when he advised Nixon to burn the tapes.

 

[rambot]

Thanks folks. I knew very little about the Nixon presidency.

I appreciate all of your candor and knowledge

Thanks folks

 

[HARK!]

Who had a gun in his boot at the time, having been given a pass on the search!

I read some declassified documents years ago; and if I remember correctly, Nixon gave him a badge and a gun, and made Elvis an honorary agent for the FBI; because Elvis convinced Nixon that he could find druggies to arrest.

The irony is astounding.

 

[NxNW]

I read some declassified documents years ago; and if I remember correctly, Nixon gave him a badge and a gun, and made Elvis an honorary agent for the FBI; because Elvis convinced Nixon that he could find druggies to arrest.

The irony is astounding.

Truth is certainly stranger than fiction in this case.

 

[rambot]

I read some declassified documents years ago; and if I remember correctly, Nixon gave him a badge and a gun, and made Elvis an honorary agent for the FBI; because Elvis convinced Nixon that he could find druggies to arrest.

Oh man! To be a fly on the wall foe the conversation.

Lol!

 

[Pommer]

Oh man! To be a fly on the wall foe the conversation.

Lol!

The “King” and the guy who thought that he was King?
Yeah.