In fact, Nixon delivered (i) SALT I (ii) the Paris peace accord and (iii) the reconciliation with China. I was more scared of LBJ at the time of the Khe Sanh offensive. Of course, the scariest of all time was JFK during the Cuban missile crisis.

Still, I agree that Bush is not scary for you. That is not because he is better than any of these presidents, but because the cold war has ended and this time nobody will retaliate against America with nukes during the next 30 minutes.

For the rest of the world....

I will become a patissier, God willing.