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unblock

(52,166 posts)
1. they should have locked him up for kidnapping.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:41 PM
May 2018

he funded an ongoing kidnapping and actually paid to delay the release of american hostages.

that's kidnapping and treason.

 

hexola

(4,835 posts)
3. The passage of time, and our increased and continued involvement in the mid-east
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:48 PM
May 2018

...has made this incident seem all the more shady and unusual.

OhZone

(3,212 posts)
2. The GOP has been the Treason Party for a long time.
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:47 PM
May 2018

Nixon even interfered with the Johnson Viet Nam peace negotiations before the 1968 election.

Oh well.

karynnj

(59,501 posts)
4. Add to that - the 1968 proposed agreement was very close to the agreement years later
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:50 PM
May 2018

Had Nixon not interfered the war probably would have ended in 1968 - at a point where nearly half the Americans killed would never have gone to Vietnam. This while his campaign suggested they had a "secret plan" to end the war.

Freddie

(9,258 posts)
7. Of course not
Thu May 31, 2018, 02:40 PM
May 2018

St Ronnie was the Teflon President from Day 1, literally. I fear the same is happening with Teflon Don.

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