Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro na kasa Henry Kissinger ya rubuta a cikin tarihinsa cewa "masana tarihi ba sa cika yin adalci ga damuwar da ke damun mai tsara manufofi", yana mai cewa a farkon 1970 Shugaba Nixon yana jin cewa an kewaye shi sosai kuma yana son ya kai hari ga duniyar da aka yi imanin 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 1970, "yaƙin sirri" a Laos
ya bayyana, da yawa ga rashin jin daɗinsa.