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...seems to me that "to save face," or "not to save face" is the real Cambodian question that now confronts Congress. If Congress decides to save face, by granting the aid, they will also have decided to prolong the hopeless war and along with it, the terrible agony of the Cambodian people...
...dissolution of the National Assembly and the convening of a "National Congress" in April, at which - according to them - Cambodians would be able to "express their true views." Many of the student leaders denounce the U.S. for its continued support of the regime and for supplying the arms that prolong the war (and endanger their draft deferments). In any event, the students' message had to be profoundly unsettling to Lon Nol. The 1970 coup against Prince Sihanouk that brought the present regime to power was, after all, triggered by student demonstrations...
Clearly the opponents of aid to Cambodia were more aggressive. Generally they insisted that Lon Nol's forces were doomed with or without U.S. aid, that further help would merely prolong the killing without affecting the outcome and that the U.S. had neither a vital interest nor a commitment to either side in Cambodia's internal fighting. Defenders of aid echoed Ford's claim that the funds were needed to sustain the government troops until the rainy season, when a negotiated settlement could be sought, thus avoiding a "bloodbath" that might be inflicted by rampaging rebels...
...Mekong floods also ended their dry-season offensive. By fall, the rebels will have replenished their stockpiles and will be rested and ready for a new campaign against the capital. Thus, opponents of U.S. aid can plausibly argue that sending more supplies will not lead to negotiations but merely prolong Cambodia's agony...
...doctor, Kenneth Edelin, 36, has spent his career at Boston City Hospital attempting to preserve and prolong lives. Last week he was convicted of taking one. After seven hours of deliberation, a superior court jury of nine men and three women in Boston found him guilty of manslaughter in the death of a fetus that he had aborted. As a result of the verdict, the popular obstetrician faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years. If the decision is upheld on appeal and if it is accepted as valid precedent by other courts, many women around the country will...