As far as I'm concerned, keeping your mouth shut and walking away, is rolling over. If I could take these people down with knowledge and proof, let them kill me for it. Anything short of that allows them continue and is, for all intents and purposes, rolling over. If you aren't willing to die for that which you truly believe, you don't truly believe it.
You are assuming his reasons for walking away were completely self centered and for self preservation. I don't think you have any real concept of what people who live in Nixon's world - ie president of a nation - think or deal with.
If he thought the only way to preserve the country was to retreat, then what?
Have you ever been a governor? Or the a person responsible for the lives of a few thousands, let alone millions of people?
If I could take these people down with knowledge and proof,
That's the thing. I think that at this juncture, Nixon clearly knew that he could NOT take them down. They had him outmaneuvered and out powered.
So, what? Go out blazing for your own sanctification, even though it would hurt the country even more and make anyone who follows later, make their job infinitely more difficult?
In military terms, sometimes a controlled retreat is the best option.
If you aren't willing to die
The man stood up to be President. Do you think that he hadn't already been willing to die? He knew how JFK was taken down.
As far as I'm concerned, keeping your mouth shut and walking away, is rolling over. If I could take these people down with knowledge and proof, let them kill me for it. Anything short of that allows them continue and is, for all intents and purposes, rolling over. If you aren't willing to die for that which you truly believe, you don't truly believe it.
You are assuming his reasons for walking away were completely self centered and for self preservation. I don't think you have any real concept of what people who live in Nixon's world - ie president of a nation - think or deal with.
If he thought the only way to preserve the country was to retreat, then what?
Have you ever been a governor? Or the a person responsible for the lives of a few thousands, let alone millions of people?
That's the thing. I think that at this juncture, Nixon clearly knew that he could NOT take them down. They had him outmaneuvered and out powered.
So, what? Go out blazing for your own sanctification, even though it would hurt the country even more and make anyone who follows later, make their job infinitely more difficult?
In military terms, sometimes a controlled retreat is the best option.
The man stood up to be President. Do you think that he hadn't already been willing to die? He knew how JFK was taken down.
So, you keep Nixon on a pedestal, huh? Interesting.