If only we had precedent for how well an army of “warriors” who are ideologically compromised by propaganda fair in battle compared to regular troops. Surely Germany in, like, the 40s didn’t have a special division of “ubermensch” that sustained way more losses per operation than regular soldiers.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia: “Nixon asked prominent Chinese-American politician Anna Chennault to be his "channel to Mr. Thieu"; Chennault agreed and periodically reported to John Mitchell that Thieu had no intention of attending a peace conference. On November 2, Chennault informed the South Vietnamese ambassador: "I have just heard from my boss in Albuquerque who says his boss [Nixon] is going to win. And you tell your boss [Thieu] to hold on a while longer."[15] Johnson found out through the NSA and was enraged saying that Nixon had "blood on his hands" and that Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen agreed with Johnson that such action was "treason."[16][17][18] Defense Secretary Clark Clifford considered the moves an illegal violation of the Logan Act.[19]
In response, Johnson ordered the wire-tapping of members of the Nixon campaign.[20][21] Dallek wrote that Nixon's efforts "probably made no difference" because Thieu was unwilling to attend the talks and there was little chance of an agreement being reached before the election; however, his use of information provided by Harlow and Kissinger was morally questionable, and vice president Humphrey's decision not to make Nixon's actions public was "an uncommon act of political decency."[22]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lhvb7nnalckpiqa6stcepsa5/bafkreidilbhixtimlecvhrc6ltjnlnvvx5iwtprom4d7rkhnw35dyjftvm)
