Word: vietnamize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SAME DAY that President Nixon urged the nation to "stand fast" on Vietnam, the Massachusetts Sixth District sent Michael J. Harrington, '58 to Congress. The election was regarded by many as a referendum on Vietnam. Political commentators pointed out that it marked the fourth defeat suffered by Republicans since January in special Congressional races...
Nevertheless, Saltonstall ended up fighting Harrington on the latter's terms-the national issues. Pressed hard for this level of debate, "Salty" more and more identified with the Nixon Administration. On Vietnam or ABM or tax policy, he found himself weakly deferring to whatever Nixon was saying at the moment. He failed to develop a coherent counterattack, even with a crude theme like "law-and-order." His attempt to avoid debate gave Harrington one more issue to exploit...
...most serious objection to approval of the resolutions concerns the propriety of the Faculty's voting on political motions. Both resolutions, of course, are avowedly political. One asks that the Faculty affirm "its support of the October 15 day of protest against the War in Vietnam"- the so called Vietnam Moratorium: the other requests that the Faculty formally call for "the immediate withdrawal of U. S. troops" as the most reasonable way to end the Vietnam conflict...
...Vietnam war, with its legacy of a decade of senseless death and suffering, has created a unique situation, one in which conscience demands that individuals and groups use every possible opportunity to press for its immediate cessation. Because the circumstances are unique, the Faculty's decision to consider political questions today would not set a precedent for future votes on more mundane issues. But because the war is so abhorrent, the Faculty cannot fail to consider these two resolutions in formal session...
...quite likely that neither resolution will have any effect on the U. S. policy in Vietnam, even if passed unanimously. The Nixon administration has heard peace suggestions from many prestigious quarters and has been no more responsive than its predecessor. The resolution on the Vietnam Moratorium, if approved, cannot be any more influential than the Moratorium itself, and the Moratorium has crucial flaws. Its platform has been poorly-defined, its turnout will be difficult to estimate, and it can be easily dismissed or ignored by the administration...