What does President Nixon imply about the United
States in this speech?
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.
It has committed to fighting for peace around the
world.
It would soon win victory in Vietnam if more troops
were added to the force there.
Its defeat in Vietnam would result in increased
conflict elsewhere.
* Its withdrawal from war would show its support for
communism