You won’t be surprised that some will disagree with your assessment that Nixon was a “very good foreign policy president,” myself among them. I’m willing to give him some credit, but I can’t square the assessment that he was very good with his (and Kissinger’s) handling of the Vietnam War.
I won’t elaborate, since my attempts to do so keep leading to intemperate language.
Nixon had terrible policies (continuing the Viet Nam War another four years before ending it) and some very good policies (opening relations with China). Overall, I think the bad far outweighs the good. Some President would have opened relations with China eventually.
You won’t be surprised that some will disagree with your assessment that Nixon was a “very good foreign policy president,” myself among them. I’m willing to give him some credit, but I can’t square the assessment that he was very good with his (and Kissinger’s) handling of the Vietnam War.
I won’t elaborate, since my attempts to do so keep leading to intemperate language.
Nixon had terrible policies (continuing the Viet Nam War another four years before ending it) and some very good policies (opening relations with China). Overall, I think the bad far outweighs the good. Some President would have opened relations with China eventually.