On Looking Back at Cambodia

The following article, from the London Sunday Telegraph, is a retrospective analysis of President Nixon and the situation in Cambodia.

The first and perhaps the most important point to notice about the American crisis over Cambodia is that the man in charge, President Nixon, is not what most of the American and British press say he is—a weakling posing as a warrior, a panicky opportunist trying to prove himself a heroic statesman, a chronic trickster reverting to form. His critics might be better off if he were, since weaklings, opportunists and tricksters are at least flexible and tend to bend before the wind, without waiting to be broken.

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The following article, from the London Sunday Telegraph, is a retrospective analysis of President Nixon and the situation in Cambodia.

The first and perhaps the most important point to notice about the American crisis over Cambodia is that the man in charge, President Nixon, is not what most of the American and British press say he is—a weakling posing as a warrior, a panicky opportunist trying to prove himself a heroic statesman, a chronic trickster reverting to form. His critics might be better off if he were, since weaklings, opportunists and tricksters are at least flexible and tend to bend before the wind, without waiting to be broken.