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1、RichardM.Nixon:TheGreatSilentMajorityGoodevening,myfellowAmericans.TonightIwanttotalktoyouonasubjectofdeepconcerntoallAmericansandtomanypeopleinallpartsoftheworld,thewarinVietnam.IbelievethatoneofthereasonsforthedeepdivisionaboutVietnamisthatmanyAmericanshavelostconfidenc
2、einwhattheirGovernmenthastoldthemaboutourpolicy.TheAmericanpeoplecannotandshouldnotbeaskedtosupportapolicywhichinvolvestheoverridingissuesofwarandpeaceunlesstheyknowthetruthaboutthatpolicy.Tonight,therefore,IwouldliketoanswersomeofthequestionsthatIknowareonthemindsofmanyo
3、fyoulisteningtome.HowandwhydidAmericagetinvolvedinVietnaminthefirstplace?HowhasthisadministrationchangedthepolicyofthepreviousAdministration?WhathasreallyhappenedinthenegotiationsinParisandonthebattlefrontinVietnam?Whatchoicesdowehaveifwearetoendthewar?Whataretheprospects
4、forpeace?NowletmebeginbydescribingthesituationIfoundwhenIwasinauguratedonJanuary20:Thewarhadbeengoingonforfouryears.Thirty-onethousandAmericanshadbeenkilledinaction.ThetrainingprogramfortheSouthVietnamesewasbeyond[behind]schedule.Fivehundredandforty-thousandAmericanswerei
5、nVietnamwithnoplanstoreducethenumber.NoprogresshadbeenmadeatthenegotiationsinParisandtheUnitedStateshadnotputforthacomprehensivepeaceproposal.Thewarwascausingdeepdivisionathomeandcriticismfrommanyofourfriends,aswellasourenemies,abroad.Inviewofthesecircumstances,thereweres
6、omewhourgedthatIendthewaratoncebyorderingtheimmediatewithdrawalofallAmericanforces.Fromapoliticalstandpoint,thiswouldhavebeenapopularandeasycoursetofollow.Afterall,webecameinvolvedinthewarwhilemypredecessorwasinoffice.Icouldblamethedefeat,whichwouldbetheresultofmyaction,o
7、nhim--andcomeoutasthepeacemaker.Someputittomequitebluntly:ThiswastheonlywaytoavoidallowingJohnson'swartobecomeNixon'swar.ButIhadagreaterobligationthantothinkonlyoftheyearsofmyAdministration,andofthenextelection.Ihadtothinkoftheeffectofmydecisiononthenextgeneration,andonth
8、efutureofpeaceandfreedominAmerica,andintheworld.Letusallunderstandthatthequestionbeforeusisnotwh
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