Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President's speech was given over to the war, a remarkable change of emphasis from his 1965 State of the Union address, which contained only 126 words on the Viet Nam conflict. This time, Johnson carefully and lucidly redefined the principles behind the U.S. commitment in Southeast Asia. In keeping with the almost bland tone that he brought to the rest of the speech, he managed to discuss a white-hot situation without so much as a hint of belligerence. Yet there was an unmistakable undertone of strength and determination...
...member of the committee of the World Council of Churches that drafted a report on Vietnam urging the government to appoint a church representative to go to Asia and report on conditions there to churches in this country...
Ronald L. Trosper '67 seems to refute his label of moderate. After haltingly trying to separate the multiple goals of the U.S. and pointing out the need to pursue those ends with successful means, Trosper offers an immoderate conclusion. If the U.S. is to intervene in Southeast Asia, it must learn to do so effectively, even if in Vietnam this "would have involved great manipulation of the Saigon government." Such a stand is certainly an active form of moderation...
...bombers usually busy over North Viet Nam were put to work blasting the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, flying as many as 250 sorties a day against Hanoi's pipeline, which was taking advantage of the bombing pause. And General Wheeler, back from a swing through Southeast Asia, announced that, should the peace offensive fail, he would immediately ask the President for a resumption of bombing the North...
...Presence of U.S. Troops. Hanoi demands the withdrawal of U.S. troops and the dismantling of U.S. military bases. Washington replies that "we want no U.S. bases in Southeast Asia" and "do not desire to retain U.S. troops in South Viet Nam"-but adds the essential qualification, "after peace is assured." In other words, the U.S. is perfectly willing to get out of South Viet Nam, but only when and if the country is made really secure-which would obviously take a long time. As a Washington observer explains: "It is not U.S. policy to seek or maintain bases in Southeast...