Why It Was ESSENTIAL To Open Relations With China
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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I almost forgot what intelligent presidents sounded like
I think nixon was America's last intelligent president
@@anthonyfrias5533flush out your headgear, Carter, Ford, Reagon, Bush, Clinton, and Obama praised him for his diplomacy.
@@southerntiger3107 I wasn't a fan of nixon at that time, but I beleive you are right.
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True
Nixon was like Bismarck. He engineered a complex arrangement of balance of powers but was dismissed and followed by people incapable of maintaining the required machinery.
I don’t think Nixon would have let the US be as economically dependent on China as it is today.
Exactly.
That's a consequence of diminished comparative advantage. It's inevitable that developing nations are going to have an auspicious geopolitical leverage providing they're this large. China was only going to be a potential threat but a threat nonetheless expedited by amicable U.S policy toward it. Given that U.S don't permit potential threats it created the circumstances that will precipitate a conflict with even an ambivalent China. The rhetoric on Taiwan is as much a U.S contrivance designed to engender a credible pretext
Kissinger's choice was disastrous. Nixon was a bad president. He formulated the gold standard, deepened U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and then withdrew. He contributed to the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, leading to the current regime. It's tragic to see the U.S. becoming subservient to the Zionists. Nixon was among the worst, with many mistakes made by various presidents.
You hit the nail on the head!
@Joe-ki8je he’s talking about a German Chancellor not the ship in WWII…
Whoever is running this channel is doing history a great service. Nixon is definitely one of the most misunderstood presidents. Everyone dismisses him as "the crook president behind Watergate" when he accomplished so much both domestically and in international politics. Got us out of Vietnam, and took Cold War politics in an entirely new direction via détente.
ever heard of Operation Mockingbird? that's how they got Spiro Agnew first to by replaced by their smoothbrain Ford patsy before eliminating President Nixon, not with a Magic Bullet™ this time but with the relentless attacks of the press _they_ infiltrated and control. 😏
He expanded the war actually and bombed Laos Cambodia Thailand and Singapore, he and Kissinger together were solely responsible for dropping more munitions on that small portion of asia than the United States dropped on any of the axis powers during the Second World War it’s pretty incredible how you completely dismiss that wether they were communists or not that action still plays a huge role in shaping modern relations
I will give him credit for one thing though he did not hate Americans or our way of life nor was he vocal about it if he ever did have that thought
LOL! How long have you been an employee of the Nixon foundation?
If you "LOL!" at that comment, you must be one those dolts who get amused easily. Go put on another episode of Loony Tunes.@@jameswatt8001
I enjoy and understand Nixon's videos more now than I did watching him LIVE as a teen.
Same
It's called maturity... Hope "Eye" have achieved sum.
We are getting dumber and dumber each generation
All the advancements of the entirety of humanity would disagree.
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@@RyanXKillua Ratio + L
@@ianplumadore9446 do you know what ratio means? 😂 obviously humans have more advanced technology but that allows us to rely on it which subsequently makes people lazier and more credulous to mainstream ideologies (general public sentiment). Google search Leonardo Da Vinci’s resume in English. There is nobody today writing resumes at that profound and professional of a level, yet da Vinci was merely a poor freelancer.
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Google definition of credulous
A masterclass effort in geopolitical relations.
I like one of the images from his campaign i saw called "Nixon is the one!". He was capable enough of understanding the importance of China, and i think that if he got good successors America wouldn't be threatened by what it helped build.
Only 45 minutes late and this is such a goldmine, I am so happy you opened it. I agree, he was definitely anti-communist enough but he also had the adeptness for it unlike well the other two.
President Nixon was a brilliant geopolitical thinker and realist open to ideas to better the world. He was a man of the Cold War who loved the country. He was open for detente with both Russia and China. We need a Nixon now. President Trump has come close to forging peaceful relations with strength with Russia and China despite the trade imbalances with Beijing and constant verbal spats. God bless President Nixon and may he RIP 🙏.
He will eventually be remembered for changing our world and the course of history.
Keep Japan on your side ...impressive people ❤❤❤
Smart, smart, humble man..🇺🇸
I liked Nixon then, and still like him now.
Nixon certainly beats anyone they have to offer nowadays.
Nixon was the best president in modern American history
Brilliant.
What foresight!
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Nixon was a genius.
PRES. RICHARD NIXON WAS EXTREMELY VERY MUCH UDERVALUEATED - YES, UP TO A CERTAIN EXTANT IGNORED / DUMPED BY THE DEMOCTATS! AND HE WAS FRAMED! YET THE DEMOCRATS NEVER EVER TOOK THE BLAMES, FOR NOTHING! NEVER!
a master class in geopolitics
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People running this channel are doing a great job to history. It is appreciated. Nixon was so right about so many things. It's good future generations get to learn about this. Frankly your team should be educating other similar orgs on how to outreach to the public
That reasoning may have made sense at the time or may have seemed to make sense at the time, but all I see now is a powerful and ferocious enemy -- that we helped to nurture -- now with a knife at our throats.
that c.i.a propaganda working really well on you
@@levelazn No kidding! You mean that China really ISN"T dangerous? They don't pose a military threat to Taiwan or an economic threat to Americans? Enlighten me! A virus manufactured in a Chinese lab crippled us, genius, or haven't you heard?
Enlighten me also as to why the CIA is so anti-Trump if they have such a vested interest in treating China like an enemy. Trump is surely more hardline on China than Biden is.
We this now when relationship between US and China is on a downward spiral with major flashpoints in Taiwan and South China Sea.
Richard Nixon and JFK… what a great generation that was
That's the best explanation of the China initiative that I've ever heard. And I despised Nixon back in the day. He was always a smart mofo, but his own personal paranoia and tendencies to hold a grudge undercut his clear knowledge of foreign relations. Would have made a great Secretary of State, rather than President. But history had another fate in store for him. The China decision did cost us our manufacturing industry dominance though, so people in the Midwest Rust Belt might feel differently about that legendary strategic decision. Such is life...
At the time of the rapprochement it was a brilliant Cold War strategy, however fifty years later we have a powerful and aggressive PRC which still regards the USA as its primary adversary
Yes, but _why._ There are reasons, most of them the US has already forgotten.
@@hermanwooster8944 you're probably right, the reasons have long since been forgotten and most no longer care
@@KMN-bg3yu I can mention one - the bombing of China's embassy by the United States in 1999. China has never accepted the US's official claim that they had incorrect maps of Belgrade. Meanwhile some US sources indicated it was intentionally bombed because it ferried information to groups that the US considered enemies at the time. Even so, intentionally bombing an embassy is an act of war. I cannot begin to express the amount of rage that China felt in 1999 and still feels today. If you want to know one turning point that led to the current situation, it is here.
@@hermanwooster8944 long past time for the Chicoms to get over that episode. I do not for a moment believe the Clinton admin signed off on hitting that embassy. The Chinese donated millions to his 1996 campaign.
Verdict is out on this one haha
Not his fault. Look who's been president the past 20 years.
Point A, point B, point C, with nary an uh.
The friend of my friend....
indeed, a significant piece as to why China reached out was the saber-rattling from the then-USSR that China felt and saw, there were plenty of border skirmishes between the 2, so best to have the US on China's 'side'. Just how much of this precipitated China's desire for good US-Sino relations is determined by scholars who have studied this point, nevertheless, there were so many other solid reasons for the unthawing of relations that the entire world benefits from today.
maybe best to keep up the friendship with China by never letting it get cold...
Kissinger's choice was disastrous. Nixon was a bad president. He formulated the gold standard, deepened U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and then withdrew. He contributed to the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, leading to the current regime. It's tragic to see the U.S. becoming subservient to the Zionists. Nixon was among the worst, with many mistakes made by various presidents.
Seeing people blow Nixon in the comments is wild. Not the worst dude or president ever, not the best either though.
I think relationships should be good with everyone. Then clearly you have to follow your own line and distance yourself from some countries.
We should always have relations with China, but personally I don't like the Chinese model.
i like the chinese model. it's effective at dealing with real issues
@@levelazn China has certainly grown a lot and has worked well. But we are talking about a socialist republic led by a single party, the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a real democracy, in some cities they use social credit, a points system where for example if you demonstrate peacefully against the government they take away points which can take away your ability to access a mortgage or a loan or simply take a plane.
I would argue that after Mao China shifted to a capitalist economy, retained the communist government, and kicked our free trade butt. I'm not aware whether Nixon/Kissinger were free traders or not. However China, like the US, have both spoiled the fruits of capitalism by burdening it with a monstrous debt load.
He wasn’t wrong about that, but he’s not looking so great now on China
I don't think he foresaw half a century of administrations - Republican and Democratic - letting corporations ship entire industries overseas and replacing American-made products with cheap made-in-Asia garbage.
He set something amazing in motion - and it became an unbelievable disaster because it wasn't carefully managed.
The same thing with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a one-time-only opportunity to guide Russia towards values most of world shares. Nixon correctly said that democracy is a foreign concept to the Russian people, that, unless encouraged by the West, Russia would return to authoritarian rule under a system controlled by a few people.
So, here we are, half a century later . . . 😳
Best wishes from Vermont ❄️
I don’t believe Nixon would have let China continuously advance economically at our expense. Nixon demonstrated that when it was necessary, he could act as an American nationalist such as closing the gold window, imposing import tariffs. What happened was that the corporate sponsors of the foreign policy establishment got their politicians in power after Nixon and they only saw dollar signs. Nixon was no stranger to throwing a bone to corporate interests (Pepsi, Archer Daniels Midland) but nothing like what came afterwards. Clinton was the worst.
Because America does not improve themself
China use great effort to improve themself
That is only because you are very naive.
He predicted most of what we see today. He said if Russia's turn towards democracy failed then China would harden itself. He also warned of China allying itself with Russia. He was right.
China was on the ropes do to the perpetual catastrophes enacted by Mao. Opening China gave them new life.
china was on the ropes internally, not internationally. china's real challenges will always be domestic. globally china carry it's own weight and will always have a seat at the table
You can really tell when it's a Republican being interviewed, especially when it's President Nixon. The interviewer is aggressive and confrontational. She's not even interested in listening to Nixon's answers, often cutting him off to throw another question at him before he finished answering her last question. She's so disrespectful and biased that it's difficult to listen to.
Why do people compare a country with the gdp of new york state to the whole USA lol
Usa has a gdp of 25 trillion, China gdp 17 trillion.......NY state gdp 2.5 trillion.....what was your question?
@@robertdayton5503 idk I saw some comment comparing russia and the USA. Comment was talking how russia had a better economy than usa
IDK if I would go that far, USA economy may be more political (today) but the previous president showed that a US economy can do wonderful things, when the government doesn't over meddle....but we (the US) have a vast amount of energy being used to destroy it....some type of woke meets global warming...one cannot own the world until the US is marginalized
@@robertdayton5503 despite all of that we are doing much better than russia I guarantee it. Everyone focuses on the bad but the USA is by far a more habitable place than 95% of the countries
Worst mistake in American history
Big mistake.
Nixon, the Traitor...
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Very cool to see the Gannon interviews being clipped here
The most I heard Nixon, I see Biden more and more stupid
Ancient Vulcan proverb: "Only Nixon could go to China."
(Spock mentions this Vulcan proverb to Captain Kirk in the movie, "Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country"....when Kirk has been 'chosen' by Spock to begin negotiations with the Klingons...something Kirk is quite reluctant to do and resents the fact that Spock vouchsafed for him...)
Star Trek VI, not IV! And I laughed out loud when Spock said that.
@@majorsynthqed7374 I meant VI. I new that VI was the Undiscovered Country and that IV is The Voyage Home.
@@yaantsudnbesdai972 I figured as much. I make typos all the time.
Does anyone know where I could find the article in Foreign Affairs he references? Would like to read it. RMN was a brilliant statesman far ahead of his times.
Simply Google it.
cdn.nixonlibrary.org/01/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11113807/Asia-After-Viet-Nam.pdf
Here you go sir!
I wish we had more presidents that were intelligible like Richard Nixon
I have learned a lot from nixon
NIXON
NOW
So now that we don't need to fear the Soviet Union what should our policy towards the PRC be? Divide the world into 3 sectors of control (a la 1984)?
Disagree
And today we have Trump blathering that he will allow Russia to do what it wants with any NATO member that does not meet their financial commitment to NATO.
Boy, how we’ve fallen.
When I listen to Biden and Trump and compare them to Nixon, I would say the former two I intellectually and morally retarded in comparison to Nixon’s erudite brilliance
The average IQ keeps on dropping
No price is too great for the privilege of the US to defend Europe while both are being invaded by the third world..
Nixon put the US first went he closed the gold window to Europe.
NATO nations know not paying their fair share won’t result in punishment. It’s blackmail.
Talking about Mao, who won’t be afraid to raise goosebumps. Even his own Communist Party leaders can’t see him without chilly goosebumps, honestly say. If Zou Un Lai, Liu Shao Qi or Dung Xiao Ping were still living, they would admit why and how. If history has a fair commentary, Mao would be a very cruel dictator for sure, because he killed more than anyone for own innocent citizens who had nothing wrong, but being honest only. He tortured more than anyone for own innocent citizens who strictly say nothing wrong with. Hitler killed many Jewish peoples. Mao killed innocent own citizens to raise fears. I don’t know what is the main difference between Hitler and Mao compared with killing innocent peoples. Only lived there at the time long enough to see and feel and willing to tell the truth will be fair to be fair to say. Maybe when he was young or younger were better or not, but he was the one only cared about power and made massive farmers starving to death just by his fantasies or imaginations. However, at his older age, became so doubtful towards anyone who might kill him at the time. If he was nicer to his own comrades leaders or own citizens, he wouldn’t need to be so doubtful at all. This is why putting heart in the right place is very important.
He is one of most profound leader after 221BC in past 2000 years, what you are doing just a parrot what westen media told you.
the biggest difference was the jewish press and US cultural apparatus were pro-Mao and they forged a false narrative for both of them, skipping more than a hundred million dead peasants for one and piling senseless and sensationalist shit on the other. 🙄
Traitor
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