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as we all know, Donald Rumsfeld became the youngest president in 1968 by a wide margin against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace.

We all know of Rumsfeld's endeavours against international terrorism with the suppression of the Vietcong, Baader Meinhof, the Khmer Rouge, the Weather Undergound, the KKK among others. The FBI and CIA were reformed as counterterrorism became more pressing.

His landslide victory in 1972 seemingly cemented his reputation.

But some spots on his record include support for Pinochet and the botched invasion of Uganda as well as the carpet bombing of Laos.

Rumsfeld also seemed to be capable of winning the Vietnam war, turning around the mess of LBJ in a seemingly Herculean task.

But What if Richard nixon had managed to win in the election?
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