President Richard Nixon believed that years of aerial bombing in Southeast Asia to pressure North Vietnam achieved “zilch” even as he publicly declared it was effective and ordered more bombing while running for reelection in 1972, according to a handwritten note from Nixon disclosed in a new book by Bob Woodward, this in an article by the WashPo.
So the President of the United States used military action he thought ineffective for completely political purposes and lied about it to get reelected.
So the point really is: Do you think that Nixon was an outlier?
So the President of the United States used military action he thought ineffective for completely political purposes and lied about it to get reelected.
So the point really is: Do you think that Nixon was an outlier?
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