Word: antiwar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tired American. I'm sick and tired of radicals justifying their actions in the name of peace and brotherhood. I'm sick and tired of having my country abused by people at home and abroad. I'm sick and tired of antiwar demonstrators bellyaching about something they know nothing about. I'm sick and tired of civil rights advocates who demand equality but cannot live like civilized human beings. I'm sick and tired of cowards who burn their draft cards to avoid serving their country in time of need. I'm sick...
...could have had more pride than is mine in representing the gallant men fighting in Viet Nam today." Congress broke in to applaud him - and did so 19 times during his 28-minute speech. He drew an ovation when he touched, ever so lightly, on the delicate topic of antiwar protests. "In evaluating the enemy strategy, it is evident to me that he believes our Achilles heel is our resolve," said Westmoreland. "Your continued strong support is vital to the success of our mission." But he roused his audience to its greatest enthusiasm when, toward the very end, he declared...
...Point, he was caught in the political crossfire. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright charged that he had been brought back to "shut up" dissent on the war. The New York Post called his trip a "search-and-destroy" mission laid on by the President against the antiwar faction. Complained Minnesota's Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy: "I have grave reservations about using a field commander on active duty as an instrument to make a case which is not only military but also political...
After a somewhat incongruous interlude-Martha Raye sang two songs from Hello, Dolly!-Westmoreland briefed the guests and alluded once more to antiwar protest back home. He quoted North Vietnamese Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap's comment that the home-front controversy reflected widespread lack of support for the war in the U.S., then told the audience: "I defer to your judgment in this regard. It is the central consideration...
Draft cards were equally fiery objects of concern. Federal law demands that every American male born after Aug. 20, 1922, must carry his Selective Service notification "at all times." Since some 75 young Americans burned their draft cards in Central Park during the antiwar weekend, the FBI set about tracking down the culprits. Many of them, it turned out, still had their cards; they had been burning licit scraps of notepaper. One readily identifiable card burner was Northwestern University Political Science Researcher Gary Rader, 23, a reservist in an Illinois Special Forces unit, who wore his green beret and Class...