If Richard Nixon were president today,

what might he do about Korea? A fair question, given that Richard Nixon was Vice-President Elect at the time President Elect Dwight Eisenhower negotiated the Cease Fire which ended the bloody killing of, dare I say, The First Korean War?

In 1960, Nixon ran for president, and despite overwhelming evidence that John F. Kennedy's Democrats stole the election, Nixon valued tranquility above his own career and quietly stepped aside. When Kennedy was assassinated, and Lyndon Johnson, like Harry Truman before him, found himself entangled in a war he could not end, Nixon won The Presidency.

First, however, we have to clear up some things. President Nixon was so vilified that his name has become synonymous with bad politics. That's baloney.

What about Nixon's alleged Enemies List? More baloney. Every Republican political candidate of note faces such a horde of opponents determined to bring him/her down by any means, fair or foul, it is imperative that they keep a record of whom they must watch out for.

Admittedly, the illegal attempt to place a listening device in Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Complex, by Republican Presidential Campaign operatives, was an unnecessary and stupid blunder. Nixon was on track to win by a landslide. But, as we learned from the 1992 Bush 41 re-election campaign, the 1996 Dole campaign, the 2008 McCain campaign and the 2012 Romney campaign, Republican presidential campaign operatives are quite accomplished at doing stupid things.

Instead of just admitting to the illegality and stupidity, Nixon tried to salvage his supporters. The entirety of the media establishment, every Democrat in Washington and, eventually, a majority of Republicans, fearing for their own fragile careers, piled on to end Nixon's presidency.

Once, when Nixon was Eisenhower's vice President, the VP was in Argentina. His motorcade encountered a large group of Argentinian students, protesting some policy of the United States Government.  Nixon, refusing to permit a false accusation against his government go unchallenged, ordered his vehicle stopped, jumped out of the limo, and challenged the students to debate.

Then, in July of 1959, Nixon led Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a tour of an American National Exhibition in Moscow. Suddenly Khrushchev launched into a tirade against a recent action by the United States Congress. Undeterred, Nixon stood face to face with the Soviet and defended America. Nixon had spine.

During Nixon's Presidency, when the Cold War seemed to be spiraling out of control, Nixon made the unprecedented move to clear the air and went directly to China to meet with Communist Chairman Mao Zedong. It worked, big time.

So, back to my original question. No one knows what Nixon would do today. But I'd like to think he would again go to China. Tell the Chinese President that the American people and the Chinese people have been friends for ages. We are important trading partners. Let's knock off glaring at each other and start working out our differences. So, cool that little North Korean creep who is driving a wedge between us.