eisenhower did send money over there. he sends him arms and he probably helped prop up the regime. but whether he would ve gone much further i don t know. i can t imagine. i can t imagine 550,000 american soldiers fighting a war under anyone. at that point, yes. 1961 would have played out quite differently had richard nixon been the president. fortunately we have the history that we have. do you think the kennedy assassination come and major turning point for richard nixon? i do. i think the kennedy assassination was the worst thing that ever happened to richard nixon. he had a really traumatic loss in 1960. nixon had long detailed memo setting forth the pros and cons, the call and really won the argument. you can see the temptation, okay, rockefeller as governor of the biggest state. rockefeller was his chief rival. he lost a big way. but in many ways people say it wasn t that big of a deal for him. he didn t really care. he didn t wan