Word: vietnames
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saudi ruling family to sell the reconnaissance aircraft. Taken to its logical extreme, that philosophy would strip the Senate of all responsibility for foreign agreements, leaving it at the mercy of Presidents who strike deals first and consult Congress later. It would also effectively nullify any post-Vietnam limits on executive foreign policy making privileges...
...member drafted will by itself affect the consciousness of the average American family in a progressive fashion. In fact, if the U.S. could push a draft though Congress and execute a swift and clearly victorious military action (with the blessing of the press), much of the effect of the "Vietnam syndrome" would be reversed...
Finally, the military draft is not democratic. During the Vietnam era when there was a draft, a disproportionate number of minorities and working class whites died on the front lines in Vietnam. There were deferments at that time, but even without deferments, the rich boys would find some way to keep away from the action. So let's say the laws were real strict and every eligible man was drafted Right now in the army for every soldier on the front line there are approximately six non-combat people who back him up. Most of the backup jobs require...
Even in cases where sales are virtually inevitable but where circumstances are unpropitious, as in Egypt, much closer scrutiny is in order. The percentage of arms exported abroad over the last two decades that have fallen into hostile hands--like those of Vietnam and Iran--is horrifying. It is high time the Administration became concerned about who the eventual owners of these arms will...
...Vietnam taught us something about the limitations of American power abroad, it also proved that in conflicts abroad, the line between good and bad often becomes amorphous. It is thus ever more important that we be honest with ourselves and confident in our purpose. If we really believe in the dignity of the individual and freedom for all people, we will demonstrate it in El Salvador. What we have to do there will not be pretty and will not sit well with the national conscience. But it is what we must...