Word: vietnamize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reading the statement, Fulbright underlined the key issue of the hearings--whether further escalations would be allowed. By endorsing it, he set himself and the majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in direct opposition to any further escalation of U.S. troop commitments in Vietnam...
Reischauer, contacted at his home yesterday, said that the point of the current debate in Washington was "whether to go ahead with escalation or put a ceiling on our involvment in Vietnam." "The statement," he added, "was intended to discourage such plans...
...before it is too late, we call upon the American government to heed Secretary-General U Thant's appeal and stop all bombing of North Vietnam. We call upon the United States government, the government of South Vietnam, the government of North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front to promptly reach a peaceful settlement. [A lasting peace for Vietnam should be based upon a total withdrawal of foreign troops that will allow us, Vietnamese, to shape our future free from all foreign interference...
...clear that there are limits to what American power can do in Vietnam; on the other hand, there are no limits to what American power can do to Vietnam. Unleashing on a small country the most destructive firepower ever known to mankind, the United States has brought our nation to the brink of annihilation. The words of the American commander, that "To save Bentre it has become necessary to destroy it," plainly reflect the moral, political and military bankruptcy of American policy in Vietnam. Both self-interest and moral responsibility, then, make it imperative that the people and government...
...this dark hour of history, we appeal to all men of good will in the world, particularly in the United States, to join us in denouncing this war and in working for an immediate return of peace to Vietnam...