Word: doubtfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from a growing feeling in Washington, particularly among members of Congress, that somehow the U.S. should be accomplishing more with the men it now has in Viet Nam. Even if Westmoreland were to be given the 600,000 troops he wants, some Congressmen and Administration officials have begun to doubt whether they would be sufficient to achieve U.S. aims in Viet Nam. Those aims are to provide security for the people of South Viet Nam as they try to build a nation, and to try to bring enough pressure and pain to bear on the Communists to force them...
There is no doubt that the Syndicate exists and that it exerts virtually total control over the Federation. It is a tightly organized, extremely pragmatic group within and outside the YRNF. The smooth-flowing procedures (in contrast to rowdyism at previous conventions), the separation of delegation headquarters by as much as ten miles, and the failure to circulate proposed resolutions indicate how efficiently the Syndicate has consolidated its power since...
Even within the Administration there are far more people who share our honest doubts than is commonly imagined. There are more now, I venture to think, than ever before. And one has only to ask, had there been no criticism, no objection, for that matter no demonstrations, where would we be in Asia now? What would have happened had those who are committed to the old stereotypes met with no objection? Where would those reputation lies with a military solution now be? Can anyone doubt that we would be far more deeply and dangerously involved than...
Next, as is said even of the President of the United States, the critics of our Vietnam involvement have been much too influenced by the polls. These I do not doubt show correctly the reaction of people to the war. They show the national, deeply-conditioned tendency to rally to the flag. But the polls do not show depth of feeling. They do not show ability to articulate feeling -- to persuade. They do not show length of memory. They do not indicate who will write the history and draw the lessons. They do not always show where youth and thus...
...involvement have also been too ready to imagine that the opposition in Hanoi is eager to oblige Americans of humane inclination by entering negotiations on whatever terms we believe convenient. This is unduly optimistic and also dangerous. Let me be clear on one thing. There is not the slightest doubt that overtures to negotiate have been made. And these have not involved the precondition of withdrawal. I urge all officials who may be tempted to deny this that credibility is not something lightly to be tossed away...