Nixon as a person I think that he
was a good person until the Watergate scandal happened. I think that Nixon
should not be remembering as someone that did something bad for our country.
Because he did help do something right. But he did not have a reason to do the
Watergate scandal. He made some choice that he probably should have thought
through a little more. And made a better choice about how he handled it.
The foreign policy was created in
1970. It was to focus on global affairs, current events, and domestic and
international policy. This was one of Nixon’s important policies. With this
Nixon had made peace. He used détente which was to strain relations, this help
with having countries come together.
During Nixon’s time as being
president he went to visit the People’s Republic of China. This was an easy
step for Nixon to accomplish. This was because he was now normalizing relations
between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Nixon marked the
first time that a United States President had been to China. After Nixon was in
China, in April of 1971 the American Ping-Pong team was invited to come to “The
ping heard round the world”. This included ten journalists which had included
five Americans that were able to cover the teams that were visiting. This was
basically to show people that China and America were now in relation.
Nixon and Henry Kissinger (who was
also Nixon’s adviser) made the triangular diplomacy. This was something they
came up with because of the rivalry to win advantages for the United States. Nixon
believed that there were several new trends in American diplomatic relations.
This is when Nixon thought that the communist worlds have two rival powers the
Soviet Union and China.
The Vietnamization was aimed at
ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. This transferring all military
responsibilities to the South. Nixon had thought that the Vietnamization had
made some changing so that the South would have a chance to win. The North
Vietnamses withdrew the American combat troops and then had declared the
Vietnamization process complete.
The Watergate Scandal to me was
interesting to learn about the difference between what one person said and how
Nixon explained it in the movie that we watched. Nixon had explained it well
enough for me to understand and how David Frost wanted to take him down so that
people would not like him for what he did. I think that Nixon should not be
remembered by how he was as a person and not how he acted as a president during
the Watergate scandal. I think that he should be remembering as someone who
helps get China and the United States to become good in relations. If he would
not have done this I don’t think that he should be remembered as a good
president at all because of how many things that he kept from the whole Watergate
scandal thing. But with everything that I learned I think that it was a good
subject to learn about since I didn’t know much as about it before and now I know
more about it.
