What does President Nixon imply about the United
States in this speech?
O It has committed to fighting for peace around the
world.
O
It would soon win victory in Vietnam if more troops
were added to the force there.
O
For the future of peace, precipitate withdrawal would
thus be a disaster of immense magnitude.
-A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allied and
lets down its friends.
-Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without
question would promote recklessness in the councils of
those great powers who have not yet abandoned their
goals of world conquest.
- This would spark violence wherever our commitments
help maintain the peace-in the Middle East, in Berlin,
eventually even in the Western Hemisphere.
Ultimately, this would cost more lives.
It would not bring peace; it would bring more war.
For these reasons, I rejected the recommendation that I
should end the war by immediately withdrawing all of
our forces.
Its defeat in Vietnam would result in increased
conflict elsewhere.
O Its withdrawal from war would show its support for
communism.
Done
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