Word: hawked
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...continuing the bombing, from the point of view of both hawk and dove, is a senseless policy. Let the President stop the bombing. Let him call Hanoi's bluff--if it is a bluff. Should Hanoi then refuse to negotiate, the President's bothersome dove critics will have no ground to stand on, and he will have every justification for "bombing the North into a parking lot" as California's Governor Ronald Reagan puts...
...cities. Such a move, President Johnson argued, would force the U.S. to erect a shield of its own at immense cost, thereby imposing "on our peoples and on all mankind an additional waste of resources with no gain in security to either side." But the Russians, with their own hawk-dove divisions to worry about, were not listening. Now, discouraged by the Soviet response, alarmed at the looming menace of China as a nuclear power and buffeted by intense congressional pressure, the Administration has made a far-reaching decision. In a speech prepared for delivery this week in San Francisco...
...years since have, of course, proved Churchill right. Morgenthau had predicted that unless his harsh demands were met, Germany would make another war within ten years after the surrender. When this failed to happen and West Germany became a prized and democratic member of the Western Alliance, the old hawk must have been puzzled-and probably unconvinced...
...months ago, he emphasized points of agreement with the Administration, including his willingness to have the U.S. "use military force as necessary." As to domestic politicking, he observed then: "It is not a test of wills to see which party will be the peace party, which candidate will be hawk or dove." The performance earned him a public thank you from the White House...
This is the hawk's feudal domain...