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gollygee

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65. Wow. How many people died between then and the end of the war?

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2015, 09:50 AM

May 2015

Both Americans and Vietnamese? How many deaths due to this? "Treason" is putting it gently.

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George Will Confirms Nixon's Vietnam Treason [View all] edhopper May 2015 OP

Raygun and the Little Chimperor are tied for the worst hifiguy May 2015 #1

Your description of Tricky reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson radiclib May 2015 #10

I read a ton of Thompson in my day. hifiguy May 2015 #12

I had a friend whose dad told me Unknown Beatle May 2015 #34

My MIL said Nixon just fell in with the wrong crowd. grasswire May 2015 #51

In a way she was right. MarianJack May 2015 #62

By "fell in", I hope you mean "recruited". n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #68

I had a friend whose dad told me The CCC May 2015 #71

I used to have a bumper sticker murielm99 May 2015 #83

Good one! ananda May 2015 #36

For many reasons I was so pissed listening to cilla4progress May 2015 #76

Reminds me of Truman quotes JonLP24 May 2015 #78

You mustn't neglect REAGAN!! immoderate May 2015 #2

Plus GHWB. Wilms May 2015 #3

As president he was reasonably benign compared to his Idiot Son, Raygun and Nixon. hifiguy May 2015 #4

HW was president for Raygun hootinholler May 2015 #11

I wish we could go back in time and pre-emptively rid ourselves of Prescott Bush hifiguy May 2015 #13

One could argue that Prescott was just a supermarket clerk sent to collect a bad debt by leveymg May 2015 #38

I disagree. I think Reagan was in charge and he damaged the country of his own will and efforts. StevieM May 2015 #19

HW, like cheney were the brains behind the idiots. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #16

^^Ding Ding BrotherIvan May 2015 #56

link doesn't work Doremus May 2015 #72

Try this one, I couldn't get that one to work at all either, even the website is not loading Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #87

HW was 10 times better than Reagan or his son. Remember HW was the one who called okaawhatever May 2015 #25

Look up the "October Surprise". Wilms May 2015 #33

I'm familiar with April Glaspie. Bush Sr. is not just better than Jr. He was MUCH better than okaawhatever May 2015 #35

OK. Wilms May 2015 #37

Surprised you would think that dreamnightwind May 2015 #40

You think HW was worse for this country than his son or Reagan? nt okaawhatever May 2015 #41

Yes I absolutely think so dreamnightwind May 2015 #43

Wasnt HW behind the scene from Kennedy until the end of GHW? vanlassie May 2015 #44

Yes, he's had his fingers in every kind of misdeed dreamnightwind May 2015 #46

That is only because the Democrats in Congress held George HW Bush back. Major Hogwash May 2015 #55

really??!! heaven05 May 2015 #80

Good article Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #5

While it actually says a great deal about faults in our system jimlup May 2015 #6

Letting the President get away with it... Mike Nelson May 2015 #7

Isn't that a grand idea BrotherIvan May 2015 #57

The Road To Perdition Is Paved With Ronald Regan's Soul cantbeserious May 2015 #8

reagon seems to have done the same thing in iran. is treason now part of the repug dna samsingh May 2015 #9

Fucking POS, caused me to be drafted and shafted. Hubert Flottz May 2015 #14

You and many millions more. JohnnyLib2 May 2015 #15

I'm so sorry, Hubert Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #17

I was sorry for a long time... Hubert Flottz May 2015 #50

Think of all the blood, all the deaths on Nixon's and Kissinger's consciences (assuming they JDPriestly May 2015 #23

Ruthless tyrant! Hubert Flottz May 2015 #47

The last legitimately elected R president was Dwight D Eisenhower Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #18

That is true. hifiguy May 2015 #20

And take it from an 83 year-old: Rolando May 2015 #28

k&r... spanone May 2015 #21

Nixon and Kissinger -- both traitors. JDPriestly May 2015 #22

Nixon - treason; Reagan - treason; Bush 1 - treason? (probably) rurallib May 2015 #24

R#40 & K n/t UTUSN May 2015 #26

Raygun the worst. Followed by Shrub Chimp. kairos12 May 2015 #27

Wow... RT Atlanta May 2015 #29

This is really saddening Jack Rabbit May 2015 #30

What a Dick underpants May 2015 #31

Is there a statute of limitation on treason? Kissinger is still alive. yellowcanine May 2015 #32

That evil maggot, Kissinger, is still alive... gregcrawford May 2015 #39

And didn't G. Bush Sr. do something similar willing dwarf May 2015 #42

I think this was the reason for the Watergate break in rufus dog May 2015 #45

Nixon and Johnson were scumbags. roamer65 May 2015 #48

The war started long before Johnson arrived in office mrdmk May 2015 #53

So you dismiss Johnson's record edhopper May 2015 #59

There's an order of magnitude difference in scumbaggery lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #69

K&R! hrmjustin May 2015 #49

Jimmy Carter has confirmed George Will's treason. He's not going to scrub his legacy this late in MADem May 2015 #52

Raygun and Shrub had no redeeming features eridani May 2015 #54

And W was good on AIDs funding edhopper May 2015 #60

Nixon killed a chance at peace to get elected Gothmog May 2015 #58

Nixon was bad, no doubt. But no worse than Reagan, Daddy Boosh or Baby Boosh. Enthusiast May 2015 #61

And look at the current Republican presidential field for 2016 Punx May 2015 #63

For a long time the suspicion of this was considered a Conspiracy Theory. rhett o rick May 2015 #64

Wow. How many people died between then and the end of the war? gollygee May 2015 #65

I think it was edhopper May 2015 #66

Roughly 20,000 US military deaths on Nixon's watch out of 58,000 total. NT 1939 May 2015 #89

Most of the dozens of friends I lost were KIA during that period pinboy3niner May 2015 #90

All you people back then in the 70's FlatBaroque May 2015 #67

Hey, but it wasn't a blow job. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #70

but if the President did it, it CAN'T be illegal! elleng May 2015 #73

HRC should publicly denounce Kissinger for his role in this treason. lark May 2015 #74

They had to put a barrier around Nixon's grave because Vietnam vets were leaving offerings. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #75

Reagan & Bush and might as well add Nixon JonLP24 May 2015 #77

I just felt it heaven05 May 2015 #79

Which brainless ne'er-do-well? chimp or "saint" ronnie? calimary May 2015 #81

St. Ronnie destroyed the zentrum May 2015 #82

The beginning of the end of Rule of Law CanonRay May 2015 #84

Republicans then and now ... napkinz May 2015 #85

Nixon's The One colsohlibgal May 2015 #86

1972 bumperstickers eridani May 2015 #94

Will we hang nixons and reagans treason around republican necks? captainarizona May 2015 #88

I seriously doubt d_legendary1 May 2015 #92

Nixon and Reagan are a hard team to beat for the "worst" title. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #91

I watched the Nixon/Kissinger ARC-LIGHT bombings DemoTex May 2015 #93