Word: democratized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie: "I don't have any alternative that I consider realistic or any more effective than what the President is using. Trying to play the game looking over his shoulder without seeing his cards is difficult to do. On the face of it, I can't accept the idea of withdrawal. I feel unhappy about Viet Nam-but I'm not particularly rebellious. The idea of the measured response is what bothers people. They'd like a more clear-cut way to reach objectives. I don't see how he could...
...Ohio Democrat Stephen Young: "There really isn't any government in South Viet Nam at all, and there are too many hard-nosed militarists prevailing nowadays. We're trapped there...
Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Clark: "I don't think that you can scuttle and run. I think that as you watch...
Rhode Island Democrat John Pastore: "The question of whether we should have gone in there in the first place is subject to debate. The situation that confronts us now is not de batable. We have a commitment. Our men are engaged. The Administration, with the backing of Congress, has stated the policy. It's firm. It's fixed. It does us all well to support it unequivocally. By and large, the great majority of the Senate-with very few, very, very few exceptions-supports the President in his position...
...Wyoming Democrat Gale McGee: "In Viet Nam today, we are experiencing a clandestine form of international Communist aggression which stands as the greatest remaining threat to peace in the world. This insidious aggression, known as 'wars of national liberation,' stands on trial in Viet Nam. If it succeeds, it can only lead to further aggression elsewhere. But if it fails, we can hope that aggression may be over forever...