A look back at Nixon

We now have proof of something that had been rumored for years.  Nixon directed his campaign staff in 1968 to scuttle the peace talks the U.S. was holding with the Vietnamese.  He was afraid that if the talks succeeded, Humphrey would win the election.

At the time he told Lyndon Johnson, “My God, I would never do anything to encourage South Vietnam not to come to the table.”

Now we learn through newly discovered notes from H.B. “Bob” Haldeman that Nixon was persuading South Vietnamese leaders not to sign any peace agreement before the election.

The war would go on for years, with thousands of young Americans losing their lives.  I suppose Nixon thought his victory was worth that.