Nixon Could Never Credit Kennedy
Maybe he saw ahead, but he couldn’t see backward clearly. By Readers Aug. 1, 2023 4:35 pm ET President John F. Kennedy signs the order for a naval blockade of Cuba at the White House, Oct. 23, 1962. Photo: -/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Luke Nichter credits Richard Nixon for his foresight (“The Ukraine War Wouldn’t Have Surprised Richard Nixon,” op-ed, July 22), yet quotes the former president falsifying history. Nixon wrote that Nikita Khrushchev was deposed in 1964 because “the proud Russians became ashamed of his crude antics at the U.N.” False; the U.N. shoe-banging had occurred four years earlier. Khrushchev was ousted because he was weakened in the missile crisis by President John F. Kennedy, whom Nixon would never credit because Kennedy had defeated him for president. Erica Walter Sterling, V
President John F. Kennedy signs the order for a naval blockade of Cuba at the White House, Oct. 23, 1962.
Photo: -/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Luke Nichter credits Richard Nixon for his foresight (“The Ukraine War Wouldn’t Have Surprised Richard Nixon,” op-ed, July 22), yet quotes the former president falsifying history. Nixon wrote that Nikita Khrushchev was deposed in 1964 because “the proud Russians became ashamed of his crude antics at the U.N.” False; the U.N. shoe-banging had occurred four years earlier. Khrushchev was ousted because he was weakened in the missile crisis by President John F. Kennedy, whom Nixon would never credit because Kennedy had defeated him for president.
Erica Walter
Sterling, Va.
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