Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Historians</span></a> would also argue that the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> War served as a defining — if not redefining — moment in the history of U.S. party <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>. At the time, there was perhaps no bigger player in sculpting modern <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> than William F. Buckley, who in a 1968 column advocated the use of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NuclearBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearBombs</span></a> in Vietnam. In 1969, President Richard <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> nearly heeded that recommendation.</p><p>Pictured, William F. Buckley in Vietnam, 1969.<br>Credit: Stars and Stripes.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWar</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarSurvivorsForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarSurvivorsForPeace</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamWarSurvivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWarSurvivors</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnYourColonialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnYourColonialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarmongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarmongers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USATerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USATerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HistoryInPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryInPhotos</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historical</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ImperialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImperialViolence</span></a></p>