Richard Nixon: Difference between revisions
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In a series of taped interviews he gave in the late 70's, Nixon expressed regret for his actions involving Watergate and his other crimes. | In a series of taped interviews he gave in the late 70's, Nixon expressed regret for his actions involving Watergate and his other crimes. | ||
==Other villainy== | ==Other villainy (mostly because of Kissinger)== | ||
*His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing [[military dictatorship]]s in South America, including those of [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Hugo Banzer]], and [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]. Also involved was [[Henry Kissinger]], who served in the Nixon Administration as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State. | *His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing [[military dictatorship]]s in South America, including those of [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Hugo Banzer]], and [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]. Also involved was [[Henry Kissinger]], who served in the Nixon Administration as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State. | ||
*He financed the 1973 Chilean coup d'état which allowed Augusto Pinochet to seize power in Chile. | *He financed the 1973 Chilean coup d'état which allowed Augusto Pinochet to seize power in Chile. | ||
*He was responsible for the creation of the Southern Strategy - a political strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. | *He was responsible for the creation of the Southern Strategy - a political strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. | ||
*He launched the War on Drugs, which has actually caused more problems than it has solved. | *He launched the War on Drugs, which has actually caused more problems than it has solved. | ||
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*Nominated two segregationists to the Supreme Court. Both men were so unashamedly racist that both Democrats and Republicans refused to vote on them. | *Nominated two segregationists to the Supreme Court. Both men were so unashamedly racist that both Democrats and Republicans refused to vote on them. | ||
*He had a strong dislike of the Catholic Church. | *He had a strong dislike of the Catholic Church. | ||
*He committed [[war crimes]] during the Vietnam War by ordering Henry Kissinger to carry out an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos in order to eliminate North Vietnamese leadership (which would ultimately lead to the [[Kent State shootings]], and Cambodia becoming a failed state, let alone the deaths of over 100,000 innocent Cambodian citizens). | *He committed [[war crimes]] during the Vietnam War by ordering Henry Kissinger to carry out an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos in order to eliminate North Vietnamese leadership (which would ultimately lead to the [[Kent State shootings]], and Cambodia becoming a failed state, let alone the deaths of over 100,000 innocent Cambodian citizens). | ||
*At Henry Kissinger's advice, he suppressed reports of the [[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]] in order to preserve the USA's alliance with Pakistan. | *At Henry Kissinger's advice, he suppressed reports of the [[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]] in order to preserve the USA's alliance with Pakistan. | ||