MarathonMike
Diamond Member
Whenever Nixon comes up, the first subject is always Watergate. That usually either invokes groans, growls or eye rolls. Whatever your opinion is about Watergate, I would ask you to set that aside. Consider Nixon's role in turning an isolated clearly hostile Communist nation into a global, secretly hostile Communist/Capitalist monster. That certainly wasn't his intent as he was hoping to get some help to end the Viet Nam war among other things. But it seems to me there is no doubt he was the key that opened up US access to China and they took every advantage of our unwitting graciousness. This is an interesting speculative article on Nixon and China.
Where Would China Be Without Nixon? - The Globalist
Where Would China Be Without Nixon? - The Globalist