LBJ called Nixon guilty of treason for his urging of the Saigon regime to cancel peace talks with North Vietnam until after the Nixon-Humphrey election. The result was several more years of war, more than 20,000 US dead and wounded and perhaps a million or more additional Vietnamese deaths. Here's a brief analysis of the recently released taped conversation between LBJ and Senator Everett Dirksen.Saturday, December 20, 2008
Nixon's October Surprise
LBJ called Nixon guilty of treason for his urging of the Saigon regime to cancel peace talks with North Vietnam until after the Nixon-Humphrey election. The result was several more years of war, more than 20,000 US dead and wounded and perhaps a million or more additional Vietnamese deaths. Here's a brief analysis of the recently released taped conversation between LBJ and Senator Everett Dirksen.
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