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submitted 2 days ago by eah@programming.dev to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] eah@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

with the substitution of Iran (or the Middle East at large) for Vietnam

Ford's granting of a pardon to his predecessor, Richard Nixon, along with soaring inflation caused by the 1973 oil crisis, created a tough environment for the Republican Party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_United_States_elections

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_energy_crisis#Arab-Israeli_conflict

I'm sure Vietnam played a part, but it was also corruption and high gas prices caused by US involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, same as now. History repeats itself.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, there are a lot of parallels, I was just responding to the specific quote