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Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam |
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Posted by SLRT on Tue May 26 12:02:17 2015, in response to Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam, posted by SMAZ on Tue May 26 11:07:36 2015. That's a long question. As short an assessment as I could make right now would have to include that he deserved to be removed from office but, with the miracle of hindsight, actually getting him out had bad consequences for the nation, being followed by the barely competent Gerald Ford and the barely elected Jimmy Carter, not to mention setting a precedent that a sitting elected president (by a landslide) could be forced out of office. We might well have done better with a disgraced Nixon finishing his term, to have better candidates (Dem and GOP) face off in 1976.He did good things during his term, including finally ending the Vietnam Conflict, ending the draft, and (oddly) some environmental things. Of course he will not be remembered by most for anything good. I imagine you will ridicule ending the Vietnam War but he started the process of winding it down soon after taking office and the Vietnam he left was at least stable, which Obama's "endings" certainly are not. |
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