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==Other villainy==

*His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing military ~~dictatorships~~ 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.

*Nixon was an avowed [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who strongly disliked Jews, and was a believer in the conspiracy theory that Jews were planning to take over the government.

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*At Henry Kissinger's advice, he suppressed reports of the [[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]] in order to preserve the USA's alliance with Pakistan.

**He also supplied the [[Yahya Khan]]-lead government with weapons during the genocide against the wishes of Congress, and said that he didn't care about the genocide because [[Islamophobia|"They're just a bunch of brown goddamn Muslims."]]

*Nixon had links with several [[organized crime]] gangs, accepting millions of dollars in campaign donations to release [[Mafia]]-affiliated union leader Jimmy Hoffa from prison. Mob boss Mickey Cohen is also believed to have helped Nixon to launch his political career in 1946.

*Nixon had links with several [[organized crime]] gangs, accepting millions of dollars in campaign donations to release [[Mafia]]-affiliated union leader [[Jimmy Hoffa]] from prison. Mob boss [[Mickey Cohen]] is also believed to have helped Nixon to launch his political career in 1946.

*Under his administration, the Justice Department initiated a crackdown on criticism of the government. Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]] oversaw the prosecution of numerous anti-government protestors, most infamously the Chicago Seven. He also allowed the FBI's COINTELPRO program to continue and expanded Operation CHAOS, an illegal surveillance program targeting anti-government activists.

*Under his administration, the Justice Department initiated a crackdown on criticism of the government. Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]] oversaw the prosecution of numerous anti-government protestors, most infamously the Chicago Seven. He also allowed the FBI's [[COINTELPRO]] program to continue and expanded Operation CHAOS, an illegal surveillance program targeting anti-government activists.

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 ==Other villainy==
-*His administration spearheaded [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year CIA-backed campaign of [[state terrorism]] and political oppression that established multiple right-wing military dictatorships 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.
 *Nixon was an avowed [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who strongly disliked Jews, and was a believer in the conspiracy theory that Jews were planning to take over the government.
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 *At Henry Kissinger's advice, he suppressed reports of the [[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]] in order to preserve the USA's alliance with Pakistan.
 **He also supplied the [[Yahya Khan]]-lead government with weapons during the genocide against the wishes of Congress, and said that he didn't care about the genocide because [[Islamophobia|"They're just a bunch of brown goddamn Muslims."]]
-*Nixon had links with several [[organized crime]] gangs, accepting millions of dollars in campaign donations to release [[Mafia]]-affiliated union leader Jimmy Hoffa from prison. Mob boss Mickey Cohen is also believed to have helped Nixon to launch his political career in 1946.
+*Nixon had links with several [[organized crime]] gangs, accepting millions of dollars in campaign donations to release [[Mafia]]-affiliated union leader [[Jimmy Hoffa]] from prison. Mob boss [[Mickey Cohen]] is also believed to have helped Nixon to launch his political career in 1946.
-*Under his administration, the Justice Department initiated a crackdown on criticism of the government. Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]] oversaw the prosecution of numerous anti-government protestors, most infamously the Chicago Seven. He also allowed the FBI's COINTELPRO program to continue and expanded Operation CHAOS, an illegal surveillance program targeting anti-government activists.
+*Under his administration, the Justice Department initiated a crackdown on criticism of the government. Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]] oversaw the prosecution of numerous anti-government protestors, most infamously the Chicago Seven. He also allowed the FBI's [[COINTELPRO]] program to continue and expanded Operation CHAOS, an illegal surveillance program targeting anti-government activists.
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