Ka cika wannan magana: Mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro na kasa Henry Kissinger ya rubuta a cikin tarihinsa cewa "masana tarihi ba sa yawan nuna damuwa ga masu tsara manufofi", ya lura cewa a farkon shekara ta 1970 Shugaba Nixon yana jin cewa an kewaye shi sosai kuma yana son ya yi adawa da duniyar da aka yi imanin cewa yana shirin rushe shi. Nixon ya yi alkawarin kawo karshen yakin Vietnam a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1969 kuma ya kasa yin haka yayin da a cikin kaka na 1969 ya ga biyu daga cikin wadanda aka zaba a Kotun Koli ta Majalisar Dattijai. Nixon ya dauki kin amincewa da takardun da aka ba shi zuwa Kotun Koli a matsayin wulakanci na sirri, wanda ya ci gaba da yin tunani akai. A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1970,
"asirin yaƙi" a Laos da aka bayyana, da yawa zuwa ga rashin jin daɗinsa.