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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton and the Kissinger Wing of the Democratic Party [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)25. Guy knows his treason.
Take 1968.
Torpedoed the Democrats.
George Will Confirms
Nixons Vietnam Treason
by BOB FITRAKIS & HARVEY WASSERMAN
CounterPunch, Aug. 13, 2014
Richard Nixon was a traitor.
The new release of extended versions of Nixons papers now confirms this long-standing belief, usually dismissed as a conspiracy theory by Republican conservatives. Now it has been substantiated by none other than right-wing columnist George Will.
Nixons newly revealed records show for certain that in 1968, as a presidential candidate, he ordered Anna Chennault, his liaison to the South Vietnam government, to persuade them refuse a cease-fire being brokered by President Lyndon Johnson.
Nixons interference with these negotiations violated President John Adamss 1797 Logan Act, banning private citizens from intruding into official government negotiations with a foreign nation.
Published as the 40th Anniversary of Nixons resignation approaches, Wills column confirms that Nixon feared public disclosure of his role in sabotaging the 1968 Vietnam peace talks. Will says Nixon established a plumbers unit to stop potential leaks of information that might damage him, including documentation he believed was held by the Brookings Institute, a liberal think tank. The Plumbers later break-in at the Democratic National Committee led to the Watergate scandal that brought Nixon down.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/08/13/nixons-vietnam-treason/
THIS is why Secret Government is undemocratic and evil.
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Doesn't Guerlain mean the Kissinger "vulture anus" of the Democratic party? eom
PufPuf23
May 2016
#23
K&R - People who bought into progressive and Kissinger have forgot the Nixon regime
EndElectoral
May 2016
#26