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Nixon didn't just escalate Vietnam, he sabotaged Johnson's attempt to end it so that he could run on ending the war. And then he waffled on it after he won the election because he realized it would make him the president that lost the Vietnam war (which is doubly stupid because, at least from my perspective, "lost Vietnam" isn't even a part of his legacy, despite him being one of the least popular presidents in recent history).
Believe me, I'm not defending Nixon except to say that he wasn't as bad as Reagan.
Oh yeah, I agree that Reagan was worse. Meant that as a "Nixon was even worse than your wording suggested which makes Reagan look even worse because he still doesn't meet the lowered bar".