Word: war
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those accepting this objective implicitly accept the likely corollary: A South Vietnamese government dominated by the National Liberation Front. In the long run, such a government may be in the best interests of the South Vietnamese; it is in any case infinitely preferable to a continuation of the present war...
Attempting to orient the anti-war movement toward overt support of the NLF would, however, be unwise, and perhaps disastrous. American support of the NLF will have no effect on the course of South Vietnamese politics, yet it could divide the movement in the United States enough to assure the indefinite continuation of the war...
...reply, Pusey stressed the University's duty to "protect the rights of its minorities." He added that while the war and the Moratorium "are quite properly subjects of individual or group concern and action," the University's "long-term health" depends on avoiding political stands...
Such a recruiting effort seems a waste of time when there are much easier grounds-ending the waste of lives and money in Vietnam-for building the anti-war movement. These are the arguments which are responsible for the wide support the present moratorium has achieved. It would be a shame for segments of the anti-war movement to reject them now, and push for a position which will appeal only to a small minority of the American people...
...statement explaining his decision, Pusey said that the war and the issues raised by the Moratorium are not "matters on which the University as a corporate body should take a policy position...