Word: marching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aesop's fable the tortoise plodded along the course while the hare slept at the starting line thinking he could win with a late dash. Your cover [March 8] has mismounted your politicians...
...your article on the swearing-in of Clark McAdams Clifford [March 8], you stated that the "situation of U.S. troops" in Viet Nam is "dangerously exposed" owing to the need for more men, You also suggested, however, that a call for sizable reinforcements would be a "political risk" for the President. Does this mean to say that the man who is risking the lives of more than 500,000 of our boys in Viet Nam is unwilling to risk his own political life by taking a necessary action? If this is a just war, then let us fight it unreservedly...
...paragraph, you tell us that Richard Nixon eschews "winner's generalities," and then in the next, proceed to quote Mr. Nixon divesting himself of precisely those generalities [March 15]. He pledges to end the war, but talks of neither escalation nor negotiation; he promises peace in the Pacific, but gives us no clue as to a solution, an idea, or one single creative thought in that direction. He faults the Administration for urban violence, but comes up with not even a productive comment, let alone a panacea...
...found your story on "The Julio Incident" [March 8] particularly disheartening. An armed American ship stood by, while three helpless men who sought only freedom were repeatedly overrun by a Cuban vessel in international waters. The result was a defeat, not so much for this nation as for the spirit of common humanity, to which those unfortunate men in the lifeboat were appealing...
...just finished reading your article concerning the executions in Rhodesia [March 15]. These inhuman acts are deplorable and have been denounced as such by the Pope and other world leaders. While I completely, agree with them, I wonder why these same leaders have not lifted a finger to protest the mass executions conducted by the regime of Fidel Castro against Cubans whose only crime is a desire to be free...