He did not betray his country in committing the crimes he did. They were related to an election. It was wrong but it did not expose this countries national security to danger. That is what I would consider the litmus test of betrayal.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:08 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: A good american he betrayed his country and there was good that he did. They are not incompatible statements, just as Clinton lied and Clinton was good for this country are not incompatible statements. Dana Doug White writes: > If fact, history will show that there was good that Nixon did, such as open the > door of dialog between the Communist Chinese and the US who were at the brink of > war at the time. > > He was well though of there and had been invited back several times to visit. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:37 PM > Subject: RE: A good american > > > | I wouldn't say that Nixon betrayed his country. He committed crimes for > | which there are ways of dealing with. What Nixon did was wrong, but not a > | betrayal of his country. > | > | To betray this country I believe involves treason. > | > | > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
