I despised Henry Kissinger, but this gave me a new slant on his politics.
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/16/what-nixonkissinger-got-right/
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/16/what-nixonkissinger-got-right/
I despised Henry Kissinger, but this gave me a new slant on his politics.
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/16/what-nixonkissinger-got-right/
Interesting article. Kissinger = Machiavelli. There's an article in today's paper about the anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre. It got me interested in looking for books about the Watergate period. Everything I know is in bits and pieces and it would be fun to read a comprehensive work on the subject.
The same here, let me know how it reads! I am finishing up, "The Dark side of the Street". What a powerful read, it made me cry, it made me cheer, it gave me immense respect and it angers me we are taught nothing of this in our history classes!
I lived thru it (Watergate), I remeber the Saturday Night Masacre; that's when we knew Nixon was going down - he had to fire the Special Prosecutor.
I (still) hate that sick bastard, and his "Peace with Honor" BULLSHIT he sold to the '72 electorate.. The war should have been over much earlier.
Nixon was a war criminal, a stone cold psychopatic killer, who used anyone towards his endgames.That's what the article said, that two of Nixon's guys resigned rather than fire Archibald Cox. It looks like Nixon was worse than people make out Obama to be.
Nixon was a war criminal, a stone cold psychopatic killer, who used anyone towards his endgames.
Obama is just a misguided neo-con, not sinister like Nixon.
honestly, i despise him - useless war deaths for political gain).Good catch.
That's what the article said, that two of Nixon's guys resigned rather than fire Archibald Cox. It looks like Nixon was worse than people make out Obama to be.
Oh Nixon was by far and away the worst President in my lifetime. No one else had come even remotely close. Not even W.That's what the article said, that two of Nixon's guys resigned rather than fire Archibald Cox. It looks like Nixon was worse than people make out Obama to be.
Oh Nixon was by far and away the worst President in my lifetime. No one else had come even remotely close. Not even W.
Oh there is no doubt that Nixon was a complex individual, incredibly intelligent and capable who has some substantial accomplishments. SALT II and the normalization of relations with China for starters.What made him the worst? Getting us out of a war in Vietnam started by Democrats? Was it his policy of diplomacy with China that had a profound effect on Soviet expansionism? Was it price controls Democrats love?
Oh Nixon was by far and away the worst President in my lifetime. No one else had come even remotely close. Not even W.
Are you serious?
As a heart attack.
"Oh, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal."
- Interview with David Frost (19 May 1977) (
, referring to the Huston Plan and views of presidential authority.
So by that extention, Obama is a order of magnitude worse. Ya know, the NSA...tapping the medias phones...
I lived thru it (Watergate), I remeber the Saturday Night Masacre; that's when we knew Nixon was going down - he had to fire the Special Prosecutor.
I (still) hate that sick bastard, and his "Peace with Honor" BULLSHIT he sold to the '72 electorate.. The war should have been over much earlier.
honestly, i despise him - useless war deaths for political gain).
He did open up China (ping pong diplomacy) but that would have happened, anyway, he did start the EPA. But also the DEA.