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...stopped in at Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel recently, exactly eight years after the Democratic National Convention. The Yippies and their banner--a Vietcong flag--were noticeably absent. In their stead was another party and another banner: the American Independent Party and its emblem, a large American eagle--made of styrofoam...
...about, cooking up an outwardly sophisticated theory that resolves any self-doubts the criticism generated. Think back to the causes of the critical "young elite" (itself a phrase intended to put the left into the heirarchical world Moynihan feels comfortable in): Did they fear the "overwhelming power" of the Vietcong (who, Moynihan incorrectly says, were a "totalitarian regime...not many years back."). Or did they simply respect the right of the Vietnamese to choose their leaders and form of government and society without the interference of the United States? Did the left fear the MPLA in Angola or did they...
...They assassinated NLF officials and people accused of being NLF officials, and the program was heavily financed and advised by the U.S.--In 1971. William E. Colby testified at Congressional hearings that the--Phoenix program--which was under his direction--was "an essential element of Vietnam's defense against Vietcong subversion and terrorism...
...from Communism. That is clear: after all, 900,000 Vietnamese came to the south after Ho Chi Minh gained control of the north in 1954. The Crimson's advice to base a judgment of Communist intentions on "statements and actions" is well-taken; one may refer-to the Vietcong assassination lists, the mass murders in Hue in 1968, the thousands of executions associated with rural collectivization of the north (50,000 - 250,000 killed. The Economist April...
...political sense that students have begun to take different positions on issues than they took in the heights--or depths--of the sixties. As always, The Crimson reflects the mood well. The ideology of the sixties Left is still there, including all its most unpleasant features--support of the Vietcong, willy-nilly anti-Americanism. But the tone has become ritualistic and tired, bereft of exuberance...