Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President's request that the Joint Chiefs of Staff put the ability to defend Khe Sanh in writing [Feb. 9] may begin a new concept and set new precedents. He could extend this policy to the State Department, where there is a great need to separate fact from fantasy about the political realities in Viet Nam. If it were put into writing and signed, we would be more inclined to believe it. It took a newspaper editorial to convince Virginia about Santa Claus...
...flew to North Carolina and California for a personal goodbye to some of the 10,500 soldiers and Marines being dispatched to Viet Nam. The reinforcements will bring total U.S. military strength in the country to 510,500, allowing General William Westmoreland greater flexibility in deploying his troops to defend the cities and the besieged northern provinces. The new men are being rushed to Asia, said the Pentagon, "for insurance purposes...
...their use was under consideration by the Pentagon. Nor did General Wheeler ease the skeptics' concern when he was asked at a press conference about using tactical nukes in Viet Nam. Sidestepping the broad question, he repeated: "I do not think that nuclear weapons will be required to defend Khe Sanh." The implication, to many, was that nukes were at least available as a last resort...
Buckley is now awaiting a sanity hearing. He will almost certainly never defend a Klansman or anyone else again. If he is found insane, that means at least temporary disbarment. If sane, he will probably get a ten-year rap for the kidnaping, which means permanent disbarment. Moreover, if he manages to get his conviction reversed, Pascagoula District Attorney Donald Cumbest fully intends to bring as many other charges against Buckley as he can find. First on the list: an alleged attempt by Buckley to fix the jury that eventually found him guilty. Says the angry Cumbest: "These people have...
Blanket commitments, of course, are precisely what the U.S. cannot afford at the moment. Our pledge to defend Korea is not a new one, but age is not the test of necessity or desirability. The Koreans are far from defenseless. Their 600,000 man army--according to American propaganda, one of Asia's best--is nearly twice the size of their Northern enemy's. And though Korea depends on U.S. industry for weapons and some supplies, this hardly explains why two U.S. divisions patrol one third the length of the 38th parallel armistice line. The need for greater flexibility...