Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Contrary to Yastrzemski's statement, however, there is something that can stop...
Bombing or no bombing, Hanoi is hardly likely to agree to talks, unless it feels that there is truly something to talk about. Washington should stop the bombing and must define its position if it is serious about discussing peace...
President Johnson is under increasing pressure both at home and abroad to stop the bombing and thus open a way towards peace negotiations...
Johnson has everything to gain by succumbing to this pressure. By stopping the bombing he will rob his critics of their strongest argument. But, argue the hawks, there is no reason to stop the bombing. A halt would not bring Hanoi to the conference table; it would only result in increased American casualties as the North Vietnamese take advantage of the pause...
...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...