the great silent m

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1、精品文档TheGreatSilentMgoodevening,myfellowamericans.tonightiwanttotalktoyouonasubjectofdeepconcerntoallamericansandtomanypeopleinallpartsoftheworld,thewarinvietnam.ibelievethatoneofthereasonsforthedeepdivisionaboutvietnamisthatmanyamericanshavelostconfidenceinwha

2、ttheirgovernmenthastoldthemaboutourpolicy.theamericanpeoplecannotandshouldnotbeaskedtosupportapolicywhichinvolvestheoverridingissuesofwarandpeaceunlesstheyknowthetruthaboutthatpolicy.tonight,therefore,iwouldliketoanswersomeofthequestionsthatiknowareonthemindso

3、fmanyofyoulisteningtome.howandwhydidamericagetinvolvedinvietnaminthefirstplace?howhasthisadministrationchangedthepolicyofthepreviousadministration?whathasreallyhappenedinthenegotiationsinparisandthebattlefrontinvietnam?whatchoicesdowehaveifwearetoendthewar?201

4、6全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创25/25精品文档whataretheprospectsforpeace?nowletmebeginbydescribingthesituationifoundwheniwasinauguratedonjan.20th:thewarhadbeengoingonforfouryears.thirty-onethousandamericanshadbeenkilledinaction.thetrainingprogramforthesouthvietnamesewas

5、behindschedule.fivehundredforty-thousandamericanswereinvietnamwithnoplanstoreducethenumber.noprogresshadbeenmadeatthenegotiationsinparisandtheunitedstateshadnotputforthacomprehensivepeaceproposal.thewarwascausingdeepdivisionathomeandcriticismfrommanyofourfrien

6、d,aswellasourenemies,abroad.inviewofthesecircumstances,thereweresomewhourgedwithdrawalofallamericanforces.fromapoliticalstandpoint,thiswouldhavebeenapopularandeasycoursetofollow.afterall,webecameinvolvedinthewarwhilemypredecessorwasinoffice.icouldblamethedefea

7、t,whichwouldbetheresultofmyaction,onhim--andcomeoutasthepeacemaker.someputittomequitebluntly:thiswastheonlywaytoavoidallowingjohnson¡¯swartobecomenixon¡¯swar.2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创25/25精品文档butihadagreaterobligationthantothinkonlyoftheyearsofmyadministra

8、tion,andofthenextelection.ihadtothinkoftheeffectofmydecisiononthenextgeneration,andonthefutureofpeaceandfreedominamerica,andintheworld.letusallunderstandthatthequestionbeforeusisno