Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...destroyed on the ground. At almost the same time, Israeli jets hit Arab bases in Jordan, Syria and Iraq. They swept in from the sea to hit Egyptian bases deeper inside Egypt; and after landing only long enough to refuel, they hammered away until 25 of the most vital fields in the Arab world lay smoking. So expert were the Israeli pilots that they seldom seemed to waste a bomb, a rocket or a bullet. Their reconnaissance photos showed plane after plane smashed and burning?with hardly a crater in the runways or the level sands surrounding the targets...
...make much more progress. Peking wall posters last week told of a violent battle between rival Maoist groups in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, which borders on North Viet Nam. According to the big character signs, 266 Maoists were killed and 1,000 wounded. Stability in Yunnan is vital to Mao because through it pass the railroad lines that carry supplies to Hanoi...
...which cleared the way for a resumption of normal relations between France and Morocco-even though one vital question remained unanswered: What happened to Ben Barka...
This analysis shows that the potential of "wars of national liberation" has been overestimated. There will be few such successful wars. Where they are successful they will not automatically produce regimes inimical to vital U.S. interests or subservient to Chinese interests. However, prolonged American military involvement in Vietnam may well increase the likelihood of other successful "wars of national liberation." We further find that, in a desperate attempt to achieve what can only be a hollow victory in Vietnam, present U.S. policy is leading directly to war with China...
...South Vietnam. For de-escalation to be lasting, we must begin by de-escalation in our minds. We must regain some perspective on the whole question of China and of revolutionary wars. Because our analysis has shown that a victory of the guerrillas in South Vietnam would not undermine vital American interests, we advocate the expeditious withdrawal of American troops from the area. We recognize, of course, that this American withdrawal would be only part of a broader political settlement...