Word: trooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year extension of the draft; many argued strongly against it. Senator John Stennis, conservative chairman of the Armed Services Committee and a loyal supporter of Administration military policies, introduced a resolution that would curtail presidential power to make future wars. After years of objecting to the heavy U.S. troop commitment in Europe, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield took decisive action: he introduced an amendment to the draft bill that would compel the Administration to reduce American forces in NATO by one-half...
...Mansfield move that most alarmed the White House. The dollar crisis in Europe had underscored Mansfield's complaint that the troop commitment was too costly for the U.S. The amendment, which comes to a vote this week, picked up considerable support. The Administration reacted vigorously, claiming that it would lead to collapse of the Atlantic Alliance. Said a White House aide: "There is no fall-back position on this. We are going to fight it like hell, and we may lose. But there is no alternative...
...General Alfred Gruenther-a reunion of the old U.S. foreign policy establishment. After the meeting, they presented a solid phalanx of support for the Administration. Snapped Acheson: "It is absolutely asinine to reduce forces unilaterally." Later in the week, even Lyndon Johnson weighed in with a stern warning against troop withdrawal...
...Administration also got an unexpected assist from, of all people, Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, who gave a speech at Tiflis, in Stalin's Georgia homeland, recommending that the Soviets and the NATO powers start talking about mutual troop reductions in central Europe. Brezhnev challenged the U.S. to get serious about the subject. He asked rhetorically: "Don't these curious people resemble a person who tries to judge the flavor of a wine without imbibing...
...beginning of a conventional war for nearly a month, while waiting for reinforcements to mobilize. "But should that force be cut in half," he says, "we would lose that option, and it would be retreat, surrender or nukes." His assessment is presumably based on the near parity in peacetime troop strength-approximately 1,105,000 NATO to 1,270,000 Warsaw Pact-of the opposing European alliances. Should the U.S. withdraw 150,000 men, the Pentagon claims, this balance would be tilted...