The idiot American proverb "Only Nixon (and #HenryKissinger) could go to China" is like saying "Only the kidnappers could return the baby."
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar I don't think you understand that saying. He needed to inoculate himself politically to deal w/ China; a sympathizer could not.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweaver7777
@tweaver7777 Nixon's long career of red-bating was not in any way shape or form a conscious inoculation for a long-planned opening to China.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar Good point. I shouldn't have suggested "intentional." But he was inoculated nonetheless. Hence the "only Nixon..."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @tweaver7777
@tweaver7777 I hearya–descriptively, it's a true statement. But all the background that made it "only possible 4NtgtCh" gets swept under rug
1:07 PM - 12 Feb 2016
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