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Actually, it is quite possible that the Munich analogy, in the eyes of Washington officials, is merely a rhetorical device to vivify their policy of combating Communism in non-Communist countries...
This, by itself, is not a represensible exercise in official propaganda. Governments never have distinguished themselvse as merchants of intellectual honesty. But what makes the frequent invocation of "never another Munich" a particularly dangerous ploy is the absence of any detalied discussion by the government of the decidedly non-monolithic character of international Communism...
There may, however, be more disturbing implications in the government's use of mythology during the present war. For by raising the spectre of another Munich, the Administration is trying to divert attention to a foreign problem--Communism--that has really lost much of its relevance to the welfare of this nation in 1967. Unfortunately, most citizens, however shaken by the summer's spate of race riots, are far more emotional over international problems than the United States' domestic tranquility...
...sudden and complete reversal of the current pattern of escalation would probably meet far more vociferous opposition than the present policy. And the President could even fall victim to voters who take his Munich propaganda too seriously...
...case, the President and his successors will be far more wary in any future foreign adventures. They should realize that intervention abroad should not be so lightly undertaken as Munich scare propaganda is currently dispensed at home...