Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam under present circumstances represented a change of policy on our part. It does not. The Times has never suggested that the U.S. suddenly withdraw its forces from Viet Nam. We have, however, been critical of the deepening American involvement in a land war on the continent of Asia, and we still...
...often that TIME overlooks a major point in the analysis of a touchy political situation, but in my opinion this has happened with regard to Viet Nam. Any meaningful discussion of the causes and solutions of Communist aggression in Southeast Asia must assign special significance to the population expansion. How can we win a war against a never diminishing enemy...
...tung has said that Communism will conquer Asia because the U.S. has neither the stamina nor the patience to counteract his "wars of liberation." Now Ho Chi Minh says that the Viet Cong will win the struggle in Viet Nam because "Americans don't like long, inconclusive wars." These statements indicate what we are up against in Southeast Asia. The formula for victory is patience, an organized population, and a preponderance of men and matériel. The United States can prove Chairman Map and Uncle Ho irrevocably wrong. But it will take more strength in the face...
...deal of pressure on me in the United States to take a position-a public position -inconsistent with that of my Government," he said. "Actually, I don't agree with those protestants. My hope in Viet Nam is that resistance there may establish the fact that changes in Asia are not to be precipitated by outside force. This was the point of the Korean War, this is the point of the conflict in Viet...
...been willing to make more of a compromise at the negotiation table than most U.S. policymakers: "The course of sanity is to explore the initiatives opened up by Secretary-General Thant and General de Gaulle for negotiations to seek a neutralization of Viet Nam and all Southeast Asia...