[lbo-talk] Obama, community organizer

[John Thornton]

Dennis Perrin wrote:
>> This was discussed before. In 1969 there were definite plans to nuke the
>> Chinese installations in North Vietnam through which supplies flowed.
>> The size an militancy of the November Moratorium demos caused Nixon to
>> change his mind. Andie knows more about this than I do.
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>> Carrol
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> Hippies, rads, and freaks changed Nixon's mind? Or the prospect of a hot war 
> with China?
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> Dennis 
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In one biography of Nixon the claim is made that seeing a huge protest 
on TeeVee is what made Nixon change his mind about using Nukes.
I wasn't there so I can't say but the report is credible.
Nixon was angry the Chinese were continuing to supply the NV's and I 
think he also thought using Nukes would scare them out.
It's been awhile since I read all this stuff so maybe I'm misremembering 
but I don't think so.

John Thornton