You have to understand the mindset, Ed
Among some, Nixon is considered so evil that he was obviously to blame for anything that happened anywhere in the world regardless of whether he was in office or not. I've heard him blamed for the Tet Offensive before, which is funny considering it took place in Jan 1968, a year before he took office. This is the first time I've ever heard he was responsible for a recession in Europe about two years before he took office. He was EVIL, that man.