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DontHesitate,Negotiate!

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-LaPuente,CAMonday,March18,1965 FiveCents
IsabelRodriguez,IsabelMorales,KaleaFajardo,KatinaOrtiz
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TheSky'stheLimit, thatAmericanswillnotbecontent
withanotherlong,indecisiveone.
Vietnam,China,andNorthVietnam,
wecanbothlimitourmilitary
andWeveReached Withthisevent,victoryisnot
assuredandwecannotafford
OurSky torisklives,money,and
resourcesforapossible
KatinaOrtiz
(unlikely)win.
Historyhasalreadywarnedusof
theinevitablefailuretocome
whenengaginginawaragainst DoGetOut,Dont
insurgentsinthejunglesandrice
paddiesofAsia.IftheU.s.
GiveIn involvementandstopthedomino
effectofcommunism.Chinawill
KaleaFajardo checkthepowerofNorthVietnam
doesntmakemovestoeventually
Thereisnowayforus, allowingthesouthtoprosper.
withdrawanddisengagefromthe
Americans,towinthiswar,but Thisisthemostsensiblesolution
war,therewillbeevenmore
wecannotwithdrawwithout tokeepupAmericanvalueswhile
bloodandlossonourhands.
negotiation.Yes,itistrue;we limitingtheVietnamWar.
Beinginvolvedinthiswarhas
havenoplaceinthiswarandwill
devastatedanddividedthe
reapnobenefits,butwecannot
countrypolitically,emotionally,
financiallyandresourcefully.Plus,
leaveVietnamtofendforitself EscalationMeans
againstcommunism,whichwould
showAmericanweakness.Pulling Annihilation
outentirelywouldseriously IsabelMorales
Thisisnotourwartofight,let
aloneescalate.Thestrugglein
Vietnamisessentiallyan
anti-colonialmovementthat
happenedtobeassociatedwith
communism.Ourgovernmenthas
wewerenotsupposedtobe
beenblindedbythedomino
involvedinthiswarinthefirst
theory,whichhascausedthemto
place,itsacivilwar!Itistimeto
confusediplomaticpowerwith
stopdraggingalongthe
militaryaction.Littledotheyknow
communismfactor,andgetout damageourhonorandcredibility itwillmakeoursituationworse.
ofVietnambeforewearegreatly morethanitalreadyhasbeenby Oursocietyisalreadyextremely
weakened.Inaddition,the fightingthiswar.Wecouldprotect divided.Ifweweretosendmore
statisticsareonourside. ourdemocraticvaluesby mentoVietnam,about500,00
Expertsonguerillawarfare withdrawing,butwouldntwealso troopswouldneedtobesentto
maintainthatdefeatingan beprotectingthembymakinga evenmakeanimpact.By
insurgencyrequiresa10to1 dealtopreventthespecterof escalatingthewarthiswouldonly
advantageintroops,that'sa communisminAsia?Admittedly, beangeringthegrowingAnti-War
commitmentofmorethan500,00 wedoneedtogetout,butwe Movementandcredibilitygap.
troops.Moreso,theU.S.bombing cannotsurrender.Weneedto Supportersforescalationare
missionscost$10for$1worthof firstgetSouthVietnambackon focusingonendingthewar
damagetoVietnam.Thesteady itsowntwofeetandstabilizeit withoutthinkingaboutthe
declineofpublicsupportduring aftertheturmoilofthiswar.By emotionalandeconomic
theKoreanWardemonstrates brokeringdealsbetweenSouth
repercussionslater.With
escalation,casualtieswillincrease,
familieswillbebroken,and
nationaldebtwillskyrocket.
Peoplewhoopposelimitingour
involvementneedtoask
themselvesonequestion:How
doesAmericabenefitfrom
Vietnam?Vietnamisnotaregion
ofmajormilitaryandindustrial
importancetotheUnitedStates.
Theonlythingthiswarisdoingis
makingtheUnitedStatesseem
likeatyranttryingtoreshapethe
politicalstructureofanother
nationbyinflictingmilitaryforce
onthelivesofapoorand
helplesspeople.
Uncertaintyis
CertainDeath
VictoriaAlba
Theignoranceandunsurenessof
theUnitedStatesisatstake
withSouthVietnam!Thelongerwe
stayinvolvedwithSaigon,the
morewearelosingatrisk.
Otherswanttoincreaseour
bombinginNorthVietnamtoprove
thattheywillnotbeableto
conquerweakSouthVietnam.
However,theydontunderstand
thattheU.S.bombingmissions
havecostedtheUnitedStates
$10for$1worthofdamage.They
alsoarguethatatthesametime
ofthegradualbombing,wewill
avoidprovokingtheincreasing
involvementoftheSovietUnion
andChina.Nonetheless,the
bombingwouldonlyfurthermore
inflamethetwonations
entanglement.Ourallieswill
continuetoremainwiththe
UnitedStates,evenifSouth
Vietnamfallsundercommunist
control.Wecannotprovethatthe
so-calledDominoTheorywillbe
effective.Inaddition,Saigon,along
withtherestofSouthVietnam,is
notnecessaryforthenational
securityofourstrongnation.We
mustcontrolthefateof
thousandsofAmericanlivesby
limitingourinvolvementinVietnam.
So-CalledDominoTheoryby
VictoriaAlba
Timeline
Immediate:Haltanyfurther
militarybuildupofAmerican
forcesinVietnam.Stopsending
moretroops.
2months:Rearrangetroopsin
ordertoconcentrateonhigh
problematicareas.Withdraw
sometroopsfromextremelylow
problematicareas.
-LeavetroopsinSaigon
andneartheborderof
SouthandNorthVietnam.
4months:ReducebombingofN.
Koreaandmilitaryoperationsin
S.Vietnam
6months:ProvidetheS.
Vietnamesethemoney,the
weapons,andthetrainingthey
needtotakeoverfullconductof
thewar.(Vietnamization)
-TraininSaigoninorder
towatchovergovernment.
-Whenstable,seek
negotiationwithNorth
Vietnam
8months:Seekanegotiated
settlementwithHanoithatwould
allowtheUStograduallyturn
overtheirdutiestoS.Vietnam
-Americanshelpbrokera
peacebetweenSouth
VietnamandNorth
Vietnam
-Stopbombing
NorthVietnam
-NopassingDMZ
-DtentewithChinato
putpressureonVietnam
tofollowprovisionsof
treaty
-ThreatenwithUN
involvement
-Distanceitselffromthe
Saigongovernment
End:AssuretheAmericanpeople
thattheoriginalUScommitment
toademocraticSouthVietnam
hasbeenfulfilledand,giventhe
natureofthepresentmilitary
dictatorshipinSaigon,isnolonger
binding.
-Provethattherehas
beenamilitarytakeover
sinceDiemwas
assassinated
-Wedonotloseour
economicinterestsin
AsiaifSouthVietnam
falls
-Wearenotreally
affectedbytheoutcome
ofthiswar
IsabelMorales