mrstickball said:
On one end, he got us out of Nam (eventually), and had we not of had the anti-war protestors, would have won the war due to Linebacker and Linebacker II. He also prevented WW3 during the Sino-Soviet Crisis by coming to China's defense by arguing that if the Soviets attacked the Chinese, we would relatiate with nuclear weapons. You also had other mixed bag foreign policy decisions such as supporting Pinochet against Alliende in Chile. Economically, he did stupid things like institute price controls, the EPA, and also killed NASA. Then of course you have Watergate. So overall, I'd put him in the lower tier of presidents. Not quite Carter, LBJ or FDR in the overall scheme of things, but not far away from them, either. |
Watergate?
