Read this excerpt from the text "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk." There were many disappointments those first two years, but when I left Vietnam in 1964, I was still, to use the
current parlance, a hawk. I returned to Saigon in 1965 for another year. Now I have left again, and much has
changed. There were 17,000 American servicemen in Vietnam at the time of my first departure and there are
now 317,000 and I, while not a dove, am no longer a hawk
Based on this excerpt, Neil Sheehan would most likely agree that
O initially he believed in the war, but over time he questioned America's involvement.
O the use of military force is acceptable when facing communist-run countries.
O those who serve in the military should follow the orders of the president without question.
O the destructive consequences of war far outweigh any possible benefits.