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...accounts, Kissinger vastly overestimated the ability of American leaders to extricate themselves successfully by means of negotiations; it is probably for this reason that he was thought of as a dove, that many of his colleagues felt his influence on Vietnam would be cast in favor of nearly unconditional withdrawal, not threats graduated to force. Nonetheless, on entering government in January 1969, he had few illusions about what an American withdrawal would involve. According to one man who consulted with Kissinger in the preparation of the first Vietnam options paper, "He felt that the threat of escalation was essential...
These statistics are given in two articles published last year in the Journal of Medical Education: "Minority Enrollment in U. S. Medical Schools.... "by Dennis B. Dove, and "... Opportunities in Medicine for... Minority Students" by Dr. Bernard W. Nelson, Richard A. Bird, and Gilbert Rogers...
...left of Thieu; he has indicated that he would not be averse to striking some sort of accommodation with the Communist insurgents in the future. When and if he ever gets moving, Minh is expected to run much stronger than Ky, who styles himself "an ex-hawk turned dove" these days but is still basically an opportunist in search of a real constituency...
Even your more informed dove is unlikely to remember that the debate over policy toward the Philippines around 1900 sounded very much like the contemporary argument over Viet Nam. Or that Dean Acheson himself once acknowledged that back during the Truman Administration, Washington's approach to Indochina was a "muddled hodgepodge...
Only on the war has McCloskey been out of step with the Administration; he has been a consistent dove in the pro-war House. Aides date his change of outlook to 1966, when a close friend returned from Viet Nam seriously wounded. McCloskey's first reaction was to attempt to return to active duty as a Marine officer and serve in Viet Nam. When he was turned down, he entered a period of deep introspection and re-examination of his attitudes toward the war. The result has been an ever growing commitment to withdrawal...