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Nixon reiterated that no American ground troops are involved in the current campaign and that none will be. But, noting that he had ordered bombing raids on the Hanoi-Haiphong area, he also said that "as this offensive continues...we will continue to make strikes on military targets throughout Vietnam...
...devices are not 100% foolproof. Enemy troops often foil the people sniffers by hanging buckets of urine in the trees. Even the "wild weasels," which were designed to counteract Soviet-built SAMs, occasionally run amuck. During the Haiphong raid, an anti-radar missile that was intended to strike a Communist antenna accidentally homed in on the guided missile frigate Warden. The ship was so heavily damaged that it had to be towed to the Philippines for repairs...
...issue man, some once said, and his candidacy would fade the moment President Nixon carried out his 1968 campaign pledge to end U.S. involvement in the nation's longest war. But as U.S. bombs smashed into targets near Haiphong and Hanoi and Communist MIGs attacked American warships, Viet Nam was still very much alive as a national issue-and so were the presidential nomination hopes of South Dakota Senator George McGovern...
...bombing of the Hanoi-Haiphong area in retribution for the North Vietnamese invasion provoked fresh editorial skirmishing between Administration critics and supporters. While the differences were as sharp as in the late '60s, hawkish editors and columnists seemed scarcer than before. Generally the hawks backed bombing as the means to hasten the U.S. pullout from Viet Nam, while doves dwelt on the dangers of deeper involvement in the fighting and confrontation with Moscow...
What was "an exercise in folly and futility" to the New York Times seemed "a courageous, nonpolitical act" to the San Diego Union. The Los Angeles Times warned that "B-52s over Haiphong cannot buy victory," while the Arizona Republic said that "bombs should continue to fall north of the Red River." The New York Daily News praised the re-escalated bombing as "a forceful reminder" of U.S. determination, but two other papers of the parent Tribune Co. took a softer line. The flagship Chicago Tribune simply noted with satisfaction that "the Communists have taken the very action the President...