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Originally Posted by berserk87
I am a huge military history buff. This has been an informative series and I've learned a few things.
I didn't realize that Nixon reached out to the South Vietnamese government, as a presidential candidate, to have them withdraw from the pending Paris peace talks that had been facilitated by the Johnson administration. The documentary says that he did so by promising them a better deal at the talks via his administration after he was elected. To double down on the looniness, the Johnson administration had learned of this via covert surveillance and could do nothing about it, lest they tip their hand that they got the info in an unethical manner.
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Tricky Dick delays the peace talks thus more die. One of the many reasons I despise him.