Nixon had his pluses and minuses. His big plusses were in the area of foreign affairs and identifying domestic subversives. The negatives which should not be overlooked were his pension to use government agencies like the IRS against his enemies and taking off the books political donations. Of course, no one died as a result of his minuses, not like the traitor we have in the white hut now who has taken those techiques cited as minuses to a exponential level beyond.
Nixon did end the war in Vietnam after being hamstrung by the same party that got us there...frankly, had he be given his freedom to do what was necessary to win, we would have and a few million both in Cambodia and S. Vietnam would not have been assassinated.
All IMO of course
Do you know Golda Meir called Nixon - she said she needed his help or Israel would not survive. Nixon said when he was a child, his mother told him one day he would be in a position to help Israel and make sure you help them.
Nixon in turned sent everything that Golda asked for and, as we know, they survived! Now he already knew he was in ‘hot water’ politically/water gate - at this time but he did not care about himself so he did the right thing for Israel! That was MAJOR. The right man, in the right position at the right time!