Nixon had to leave his office in disgrace. However, in recently released tapes, a much more serious revelation has surfaced - that Nixon actually sabotaged Lyndon Johnson's peace talks with the South Vietnamese. The news, which appears to have received no play here in the US, comes from the recently released LBJ tapes.
Essentially, it seems, Nixon secretly offered the North Vietnamese a deal. He told them, if they stopped negotiating with Johnson, he'd give them a better deal. The news wasn't used by his opponent, who had been informed of Nixon's activities by Johnson. Nixon went on to escalate the war which cost 22,000 US lives.
I am not sure how many might have been saved had he been outed, but, if this report is correct, Nixon may have caused more US deaths than anyone else in history.
Essentially, it seems, Nixon secretly offered the North Vietnamese a deal. He told them, if they stopped negotiating with Johnson, he'd give them a better deal. The news wasn't used by his opponent, who had been informed of Nixon's activities by Johnson. Nixon went on to escalate the war which cost 22,000 US lives.
I am not sure how many might have been saved had he been outed, but, if this report is correct, Nixon may have caused more US deaths than anyone else in history.
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