Vietnam
Sir, —A few weeks ago Norman Thomas, speaking at what James Reston today describes as “this troubled city” (Washington), said: “I would rather America saved her soul than her face. The torch of liberty was not intended to set fire to villages.” “World declaratory war,” as argued by the United States at Nuremburg, is binding on all, not only influential when events make its recognition relevant. Viewed objectively with detachment, the price exacted for this violation of “lesser breeds outside the law” will be as great as the political, economic, and social accountabilities. It is reflected in world opinion matured by historical facts in the reluctance of N.A.T.O. allies to respond to requests for token aid in Vietnam. The highest issues of humanity are still controlled by the most inadequate of the profession, and rightness and reason suggest international control of international weapons is becoming a prime requisite for composite welfare.—Yours, etc..
WEST WIND. February 2, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30978, 7 February 1966, Page 12
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