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To: combjelly who wrote (265555)	12/21/2005 2:42:24 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574028

"Nixon is such a negative.....why are they making comparisons/correlations to him? " Disclaimer: I mostly liked Nixon. Except for the war, he had a brilliant foreign policy. Sorry but you're more forgiving than I. There are many brilliant people who don't condone criminal acts. Nixon had a significant dark side that probably needed some form of treatment. And even with the war, he actually did understand that, while we weren't losing, we weren't in a position to win.This is a concept that eludes some people even today.<?i> Yes, I think you could say the same about Iraq. Its a concept that people don't get in part because of the enemy we are fighting.......an insurgency [in Iraq] and an insurgency-like enemy in Vietnam. This is a concept that eludes some people even today. His domestic policy wasn't bad either. His fatal flaw was the belief that you were either for him, or you were against him. There was no middle ground. And if you were against him, then he had to have you crushed. That's a pretty serious flaw, don't you think? Hence the negativity around his presidency. I think his issues were even more complex. I think he suffered from gross paranoia. That was the reason for his black and white stance......you were either with him or against him. His paranoia could not allow for any gray. And frankly, I think that kind of paranoia is prompted more by physiological than psychological causes. ted