Slithy:

While I never said he was a hero, notwithstanding his policy towards SE Asia, Nixon was perhaps the best President of the second half of the 20th century vis-a-vis foreign policies.

No other president could have gone to China and begun a raprochement with that country. His strong anti-communist stance gave him the political clout at home to get away with it. Imagine what the country would have done if LBJ had tried a stunt like that.

Parenthetically, few people know that Nixon sent his Sedcretary of State to China three times on secret missions to bring about that thawing of relations. He traveled under an assumed name, and those in the know in the White House were heard singing, "I wonder who's Kissinger now."

Ted

PS See you about one tomorrow.

TR


TEd