𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣, 𝗡𝗜𝗫𝗢𝗡 𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟

John Lennon, wins deportation fight with Nixon, gets green card

Trump is not the first president to use the threat of deportation as a political tool. In 1972, the 37th U.S. President, Richard Milhous Nixon, tried his darndest to deport John Lennon, someone he viewed as a clear threat to his reelection campaign.

Nixon based his deportation request on Lennon's 1968 misdemeanor marijuana conviction in England resulting in a $150 fine.

Nixon's real reason to set the deportion process in motion was that Lennon's song, "Give Peace A Chance," had become an anthem of sorts for the anti-Vietnam War movement and Nixon was afraid that with 18 year olds being given the right to vote in 1972, Lennon's influence might cost him the election.

That didn't happen as Nixon was reelected, resigning in disgrace August 8, 1974, with the Vietnam War continuing another 8 months and three weeks until April 30, 1975.

The Vietnam War, started to "stop the spread of communism," took a huge toll as the U.S. bombed the shit out of Vietnam, then did the same in Cambodia and Laos, dropping 7,662,000 tons of bombs on Vietnam, 2,756,941 tons on Cambodia and an estimated 2,000,000 tons on Laos.  Casualties approached 3,000,000 in Vietnam, 310,000 in Cambodia and 62,000 in Laos with 58,220 U.S. servicemen losing their lives.

A group of doctors from the U.S., led by Dr. Ha Van Vo, have fitted over 13,000 prosthetics on Vietnamese amputees.

Of course, fifty years later, residents in those countries are still being killed or losing limbs encountering unexploded munitions: 100,000 amputees in Vietnam alone, 20,000 deaths in Laos.  Cambodia has the highest ratio of amputees in the world.

Vietnamese baby suffering from Agent Orange exposure

Agent Orange, a defoliant dropped on those countries to allow bombers easier access to targets has also caused considerable harm. Vietnam's Red Cross estimates that at least one million people were disabled or have health problems as a result of exposure to the chemical.

All of this killing, bombing, maiming and infecting was done to stop "the spread of communism."  Despite U.S. efforts and all the carnage, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are still under Communist or Socialist rule, yet, have recovered nicely, at least economically and in terms of infrastructure, with many expats from the U.S. choosing to live in those beautiful, tropical countries.

Cuba, 90 miles from our shore, has been under a U.S. embargo for 62 years to "stop the spread of communism."

The U.S., trying to impose their form of government on other countries, has not been an overwhelming success.  

Russia is doing something even more invasive in Ukraine, but Putin is confident he and President-Elect Trump can "work out a deal."

Notice the fine print at the bottom of John and Yoko'sign:  WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT