Personal View of US Politicians
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My parents were liberal Democrats and had been since before I was born. They were products of the 1960s, a period of some social ferment and political upheaval, characterized in particular by growing opposition to the Vietnam War and by the view that the government was conducting that war with unnecessary secrecy and in opposition to the best interests of this country and Vietnam as well. They were also opposed to many of the policies carried through into the 1980s, and they were especially displeased with the presidency of Ronald Reagan. At the time, their continuing insistence on seeing the government as devious was a puzzle to me, since it seemed instead that Reagan and others were seeking to reduce the influence of government and so were opening the process in some way. However, subsequent events have made me reconsider as much of what my parents said about the Vietnam era have been shown to be true, notably with the self-serving revelations by Robert S. McNamara that he pursued the war even though he knew it was wrong and could not be won. In addition, I have since learned much more about the era of my childhood than I was aware of at the time. Probably the most damaging event of my childhood from my parents' point of view was Watergate, and I was simply too young to know much of what was taking place at the time and saw my parents' disillusionment later as unfortunate and as something I could not readily understand. I learned about the Vietnam War and Watergate
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er and further evidence of a national decline for those who were looking for such evidence. The U.S. had earlier been shaken by the oil embargo in the early 1970s, another event that seemed to be designed to show America that it was not all-powerful and that even the tiny countries in the Middle East could challenge American power when they wished. The decade seemed to end with a sense of despair. The year 1972 was a key one for a number of reasons. The Watergate break-in would take place in that year, though it would not be an important story until the following year. The Watergate break-in took place on June 17, 1972, at which time five men were arrested as they entered the offices of the Democratic party. They carried wiretapping and photographic equipment and also carried papers linking them to the committee to Re-elect the President. The burglars appeared to be spies collecting information about the Democrats, information which could be used to help Nixon defeat his Democratic opponent in the election. Nixon said he knew nothing about the men or the break-in. It was an election year, and in July President Nixon was beginning his campaign as the Democrats were considering various candidates who would run against him,
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