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...these arguments eventually hinge on the question of proportion: whether the toll in death and pain is proportionate to the possible gains. The most vocal critics of U.S. policy answer no, but for various reasons. Scarcely anyone argues that a favorable outcome in Viet Nam is essential to American survival. On the other hand, few would agree with the position at the opposite extreme-taken by U Thant, among others-that Viet Nam is completely unimportant to U.S. interests. Chicago Professor Hans Morgenthau, a strong critic of U.S. participation in Viet Nam, defines that what is moral is what...
...about the posture of their Government in Viet Nam. A great many of those faced with the prospect of military duty find it hard to square performance of that duty with concepts of personal integrity and conscience. Even more are torn by reluctance to participate in a war whose toll keeps escalating, but about whose purpose and value to the U.S. they remain unclear...
...bombing explains the rest. Under orders to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, U.S. bombers zoom in close to the deck for greater precision, thus become vulnerable not only to a dense cloud of flak but also to small-arms fire. Such ground fire takes an even heavier toll than do the surface-to-air missiles that bristle around major targets. "Every farmer over there, I bet, has a pistol or a rifle," says Air Force Major Edward E. Williams, a veteran of the bombing war against North Viet Nam. In dogfights with Red MIGS, though...
...scene and circled overhead, sometimes relaying rescue instructions to the searchers. On the dock at Piraeus, thousands of friends and relatives waited for the ships carrying the survivors and the blanket-shrouded bodies. By week's end 47 had been rescued, but the death toll was put at 234, making it one of the worst sea tragedies in Greek history. The government ordered a three-day period of national mourning...
...reduce the heavy toll, the Council recommended that national groups be set up to help prevent accidents, improve emergency treatment, and conduct research into such fields as shock and trauma...