A different perspective on Nixon

Arturo 2022-03-22 09:01:55

My own humble opinion~ Although the Watergate incident is regarded as a shameful eavesdropping storm planned by Nixon himself, it is normal in the United States to use state authority to monitor citizens' privacy at any time. In the context of that time, as long as you are The Communist Party, you are the mafia, you will be monitored without exception.

But Nixon touched a taboo not because he was trying to steal his opponent's data, but because he violated the interests of both campaigns, Republicans and Democrats alike.

Throughout his short presidency, he made his first visit to China in February 1972, opening the door to the relationship between the two countries and becoming the first American president to visit China. During the visit to China, the Chinese and American governments issued the famous "Shanghai Communiqué". Nixon made important contributions to opening the door to Sino-US relations and improving and developing Sino-US relations. In 1973, the Vietnam War ended. In the same year, the leader of the Soviet Union paid a return visit to the United States, and the two sides declared the end of the Cold War. On August 8, 1974, Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal, becoming the first U.S. president to voluntarily resign.

Ending hostile relations with China and the Soviet Union and ending the Vietnam War would be the best for the world. However, for the US arms dealers, those arbitrageurs, this is simply a catastrophe. The Vietnam War is the best excuse to contain the Red China, and the best weapons testing ground for arms dealers. If the invasion of Vietnam is successful, its fleet can easily gain control of the Strait of Malacca, which is closer than it is in Guam and the Marshall Islands. Adjacent to Indonesia, it is the main producing area of ​​South Asian oil fields.

Anyway, for those political interest groups, all this is intolerable, so they need an excuse to let this disobedient clown step down, all we know now is documentation, declassified archives, TV reports, Nixon himself As evidence, however, did they really need such an amicable president for America, which was on the defensive during the Cold War? Besides, he doesn't have a large family background.

He is not the Kennedy family, nor the Bush family. His political career relies purely on the consortiums and companies behind him. The profit-oriented company finally has the excuse of Watergate World to let it down. The collective media hype has aroused public anger and caused Congress and the Senate. , the collective opposition of the House of Representatives and the justices, dismantled its core team, and finally Nixon stepped down!

View more about Frost/Nixon reviews

Extended Reading

Frost/Nixon quotes

  • David Frost: [Picking up the phone, thinking it's room service] I'll have a cheeseburger.

    Richard Nixon: [drunk] Mmm. That sounds good. I used to love cheeseburgers, but Dr. Lundgren made me give them up. He switched me to cottage cheese and pineapple instead. He calls them my Hawaiian burgers, but they don't taste like burgers at all. They taste like Styrofoam.

  • Richard Nixon: David, did I really call you that night?

    David Frost: Yes.

    Richard Nixon: Did we discuss anything important?

    David Frost: Cheeseburgers.

    Richard Nixon: Cheeseburgers?

    David Frost: Goodbye, sir.