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...ground, air and naval support units would remain indefinitely thereafter. Without infantry protection, they would be prey to the enemy, totally dependent on South Vietnamese units. This approach is unacceptable to Nixon on both military and political grounds. The implication was that, except perhaps for token remnants, the Nixon plan amounted to total withdrawal. As word of the White House meeting began to get around Capitol Hill, one congressional aide concluded: "Nixon is going to pull the plug. It's just a matter of time...
Back home as well as in the field, the President's decision was both hailed as a constructive step and attacked as a token maneuver of little significance. Americans in uniform and in mufti have seen too many false starts toward peace to be carried away by what at best is a cautious attempt at disengagement. One cynical draftee dismissed it as "strictly political." Another G.I. saw the move as evidence that "something is being accomplished." That division of opinion spoke for the capital and the country at large...
...Russia is not only defending its Far Eastern borders but also holding back the Maoist yellow peril that threatens humanity. For the Russians, who have so long regarded themselves as the providers of aid and arms to other Communist countries, the response has been deeply dis appointing. Requests for token military units or even observers to come to Siberia to join the Red Army in its vigil on the long, lonely border have reportedly been refused. No other Communists want to be caught in the thrashings of the two giants...
Nelms is already choosing a planning board to see to it that "none of these parties end after just a few token drinks. I want them to run as long as there's a crowd there to have fun." To house the parties, he recently purchased an office building near downtown Dallas and enough nearby land to provide an adequate parking...
...problem basically seemed to be a lack of inspiration. Anyone who ever watched the team run its token lap before practice knows this. With the exception of a precious few, the squad crawls through this lap at minimum speed. It's a joke in every sense of the word. This was reflected in the games most of the time...