Word: hawkish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have to change its attitude toward the Saigon regime before peace talks can even begin, much less mean anything. This will be a difficult political task for Lyndon Johnson. In the past year, U.S. officials showered such praise on the Saigon government's elections and so fervently coddled the hawkish victors that any turnabout now would look like a jarring change...
Such allies as Thailand and South Korea are much more hawkish than the U.S. State Department and do not want to negotiate. Along with many Americans, they believe that when enough military might is applied, the Communists will realize that they are whipped and will "fade" back into the jungle. Then the enemy would be unable to demand votes, unification or anything else. A frustrating fact about this otherwise desirable concept is that U.S. generals have been expecting the Communists to fade for at least two years and, though they are plainly sweating hard, they so far have shown...
This should not astound President Johnson. For Mr. Dirksen is at least as consistent a party booster as he is a leader of Congressional reactionaries on foreign policy. Mr. Johnson should realize, however, that the hawkish wing of the G.O.P.--epitomized by the snake-haired Illinoisan--is seriously tinkering with the idea of proclaiming their candidate, most likely Richard Nixon, an apostle of peace as a 1968 election maneuver...
...April 30 Massachusetts Primary is shaping up to be the crucial test for McCarthy's campaign. He will come here from the Wisconsin primary, a state where he is acknowledged to be strong. Nevertheless, the Bay State will be no pushover. It has a reputation for being hawkish and has repeatedly rejected peace candidates...
...people of Ward 4, where we canvassed, were very much decided. Ward 4 starts on Trow-bridge Street, spreads around the small doves' nest of SDSers on Dana Street, and ends somewhere in the hawkish territory of Central Square. Its residents are loath to be told, or even have suggested, what they ought to think about the war. Not that they are all openly hostile to the canvassers. "I believe that we're fighting for America, so that people like you will be free to hand out leaflets," said a patient old man in a straw...