Nixon, Good or Bad?

Nixon is known by lots of American youth, and certainly was known by me until I learned further, as the man who did that Watergate Scandal thing, and I didn't even know what that was until this year, but that's how I knew Nixon. Because of this, I always thought that Nixon was this awful corrupt president, and that he was one of the worst we've ever had, regardless of the fact that I knew nothing about him.
This, however, wasn't totally true. Nixon got America out of Vietnam! This was a feat multiple presidents before him had struggled to do. This was the biggest achievement of any president in the last decade.
Aside from Vietnam though, he was a little rusty. He did several suspicious things, including bugging the white house, and other shady actions, including the Watergate scandal, which he was no doubt a part of. Still, I would argue that Nixon was ultimately a benefit for America, mainly due to his action in Vietnam. I would also like to point out that the shady things he did were, in my opinion, probably not too different than presidents before him, and that he really didn't have any good choices once they were found out. Did anyone think he would realistically tell the press and media he was involved? That would kill his presidency in an hour. He did what he thought was the best for his position, and really the only real option that he had.