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...Viet Nam veterans voting for the first time in this coming presidential election. These men are not about to vote for a "peace at any price" candidate. Such a candidate would be telling us that all the sweat, blood and human life that we have given here was in vain. Such a candidate would in effect be selling us out. No one wants peace more than those of us who must fight the war. Still, we realize that any peace reached must be a just one that meets the standards that sent us over here in the first place...
...enemy will no longer be tolerated. It must be distinctly understood that treason, expressed or implied, will not be tolerated in this department." Ohio's Congressman Clement Vallandigham remained defiant. In a speech addressed to "King Lincoln," he cried: "Defeat, debt, taxation, sepulchers: these are your trophies! In vain the people gave you treasure and the soldier yielded up his life. The war for the Union is a most bloody and costly failure. What has been our success? Let the dead at Fredericksburg and Vicksburg answer." Vallandigham was arrested, tried and convicted of disloyalty. The authorities were ready...
...message, rare in the Arab world for its espousal of U.S. views: "If the Vietnamese guerrillas could contain the American Army, China would not hesitate to unleash its masses on South Viet Nam, Asia and even Russia." Later, Bourguiba described his fellow Arabs' belligerence against Israel as "vain obstinacy" and Gamal Abdel Nasser's closing of the Gulf of Aqaba as "a monumental miscalculation." He has also shocked Moslems by recommending birth control and the end of the Ramadan fast. In fact, Bourguiba habitually does something that is exceedingly rare in his part of the world: he talks...
...that point the Crimson defense allowed a long kick to bounce over the goalie's head into the net. Senior John Axten, with the wind and sun in his face, misjudged the play and leaped up in vain for the element-aided shot...
Advice to the U.N. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban called a press conference in Jerusalem and once more spelled out his country's position. "We have looked in vain for any sign of moderation in the official attitude of the Arab states," he said. "There are no such signs at all. The Khartoum conference decided on three principles: no recognition of Israel, no negotiation with Israel, no peace with Israel. These resolutions cannot be described as moderate decisions...