Word: actions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Such constant reference to that magic line of 51% of the people-whether friends above it or opponents below it-may end up looking like a form of insecurity. After the Senate rejected Judge Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court, the President observed, naturally enough, "I deeply regret this action." But then, as if bringing up reinforcements, he added: "I believe the majority of people in the nation regret it." A majority of the Senators, elected by a majority of their constituents, may have wondered whether they had suddenly joined the unsilent minority...
...passed without notice when it occurred in mid-March 1968, at a time when the war news was still dominated by the siege of Khe Sanh. Yet the brief action at My Lai, a hamlet in Viet Cong-infested territory 335 miles northeast of Saigon, may yet have an impact on the war. According to accounts that suddenly appeared on TV and in the world press last week, a company of 60 or 70 U.S. infantrymen had entered My Lai early one morning and destroyed its houses, its livestock and all the inhabitants that they could find in a brutal...
...majority of nations in the Council of Europe have their way, they will next month take a drastic and unprecedented action. Because of the mistreatment of political prisoners and suppression of human rights in Greece, the democratically ruled countries of Europe will suspend the birthplace of democracy from any further participation in the 18-nation organization. Among the supporters of the action is Greece's exiled King Constantine, who this month visited both Denmark and England in an effort to encourage even stronger opposition to the military-backed regime of Premier George Papadopoulos...
Because of the continuing Soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean, the U.S. feels that it has no choice but to foster good relations with the regime that controls an important base in the area. Even so, the action will come as a blow to those Greeks who feel that only the U.S. can deliver them from their oppressive situation. It will, of course, be a major boost for the colonels, who all along have sought to give the Greek public the impression that the U.S. approves of their regime...
Thomas Southwick's article is equally blase. I disagree on principle with his contention that action is more important than achievement, but the crowning arrogance was his statement that "Those who stayed home might as well be dead." Many of those who stayed at home were concerned and many acted and many more wore symbols of peace in individual protests. And those for whom last weekend in Washington was no more than an ego trip-I don't think they deserve any recognition for that...