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Republicans:...Ri[c]hard Nixon
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What exactly did Nixon do to get on this list.
He ended the war in Vietnam. He got a treaty with Russia to limit strategic nuclear weapons. He increased US-Russia trade (eg. the winter grain deal) and reduced tensions with Russia. He became the first president to start to really recognise Communist China, and reduced tensions with that. His Secretary of State negotiated disengagement agreements between Israel and its opponents, Egypt and Syria. The "Nixon Doctrine" that encouraged countries to take a greater roll in their defence.
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Nixon did have some good diplomatic skills and began to develope good relationships with China. Homever, you refuse to admit that Nixon wasn't agressive. He was. Chewbacca and I have already told you that he was responsible for illegal bombing. I can also recall that Nixon still had plenty of bombing in Vietnam even if it wasn't as heavy as LBJ's. In an earlier post I stated that Richard Nixon only had alot of troops withdrawn from Vietnam near the end of the war (1972) was because many Americans were opposing it.
In the last 40 years, the Democrats (not including Lyndon Johnson) have been less agressive than the Rebpublicans. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were not as agressive as Ronald Regean, George Bush Sr. and Jr. That's a fact.
[ 10-20-2003, 10:44 PM: Message edited by: Gab ]