I think about this mistake often.
More harm to US Economy was done by helping China get admitted to WTO than anything Nixon did.
You personally throw around the word “neocon” just as the left uses the term “racist or transphobic” to anyone who disagrees with your twisted POV. Not surprising.
What’s your former rank and MOS?
I’ll bet you don’t have either. The soldier I pinged in this post gets it - another grunt like me. Like me, he distrusts our government, but also knows things change. We did what we had to do, for people who disagreed with everything we did. It was our duty to stand up for those who disagreed with us, as we knew if we didn’t, our rights to disagree would disappear.
When I left the Army I was an Infantry Platoon Sergeant, 11B30, with time in grade. (Right after Kuwait.)