To me it's almost frightening how intelligent President Nixon was. It's no wonder he reached the pinnacle of political power and influence. I never tire of studying and hearing his views on virtually everything. An amazing man and then some.
I served as a medical corpsman in Vietnam. If LBJ didn’t “temporize” and moved in big in Vietnam, rather than gradually escalate, we still wouldn’t win that war. Even presidents, despite their executive power as commander-in-chief, couldn’t have won that war.