16-03-2009, 01:03 PM
[quote=Jan Klimkowski]Great thread.
Time to throw another bone into the bubbling cauldron, courtesy of Jim Hougan...
Time to throw another bone into the bubbling cauldron, courtesy of Jim Hougan...
Quote:"Nixon in the jungle"Does anyone else find this is a really weird image? Nixon in battle fatigues in the Vietnam jungle? The only stranger image I can imagine is J. Edgar Hoover in a frock.
It is one of the most mysterious incidents in the Vietnam War, and I can't get it out of my mind.
It was the spring of 1964, and the former Vice President of the United States, who was also the next President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, was standing in a jungle clearing northwest of Saigon, negotiating with a man who, to all appearances, was a Vietcong lieutenant. Wearing battle fatigues "with no identification," Nixon was flanked by military bodyguards
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.