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keegan1015 t1_iveqzt0 wrote

Going to get down voted but,

Nixon did end the Vietnam war, The draft, responsible for diplomatic relations with China and ballistic missile treaty with Russia, enforced desegregation in schools in the south and let’s not forget created the EPA.

Edit: forgot about the fact that he was he go to guy for foreign relations.

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WaketheDeadDonuts t1_iveu2es wrote

Just got to say…50k Americans died and idk how many thousands of Vietnamese between 1968 when LBJ started peace talks that Nixon secretly, illegally wrecked by promising the North Vietnamese he’d give them a better deal only to do the opposite (expanding the war to Cambodia + Laos) and when he announced the war’s end in 1974

Sorry, but fuck Nixon.

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cjh79 t1_ivfeatt wrote

Well, he interfered in prior negotiations in Vietnam so he could run his campaign on ending it. Pretty fucking evil if you ask me.

Charming fellow though.

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chomerics t1_ivfevtz wrote

He kept the war going through subterfuge by thwarting the peace talks between LBJ and Vietnam

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bbpr120 t1_ivfpoe8 wrote

Fuck Nixon, his sabotaging the Paris Peace to win the election and extend the war talks cost me 2 Uncle's (they were drafted in 69 and 70 ,served in Vietnam and and later killed themselves thanks to PTSD they suffered as a result).

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JaesopPop t1_ivht2f4 wrote

> Nixon did end the Vietnam war

Nixon kept the Vietnam war going and is directly responsible for a number of war crimes.

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bcsfan2002 t1_ivk24i8 wrote

Nixon dropped millions of tons of bombs on Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and is to thank for the rise of Pinochet. To call him a piece of shit is the understatement of the century.

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charons-voyage t1_ivesli8 wrote

Can’t say anything positive about any Republican, how dare you!?!

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MikeyDread t1_ivgmh35 wrote

Ok, sorry but we're talking about Richard Nixon here

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