Iraq : briefings and hearing

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Pagina 33 - None of the funds herein appropriated under this Act may be expended to support directly or indirectly combat activities in or over Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam or off the shores of Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam by United States forces...
Pagina 84 - God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative...
Pagina 85 - It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and secure the surrender of Saddam's security force and his army.
Pagina 42 - If you want to overcome your enemy you must match your effort against his power of resistance, which can be expressed as the product of two inseparable factors, viz. the total means at his disposal and the strength of his will. The extent of the means at his disposal is a matter — though not exclusively — of figures, and should be measurable. But the strength of his will...
Pagina 84 - Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted.
Pagina 85 - How to manage Iraq's transition to a stable post-Saddam regime As 1 mentioned to you this morning, this is a crucial question for administration strategy to answer in advance of any military action. I have no doubt that our military would decisively defeat Iraq's forces and remove Saddam. But like the proverbial dog chasing the car down the road, we must consider what we would do after we caught it. As Sun-Tzu said in the classic strategic treatise. The An of War, "To win victory is easy, to preserve...
Pagina 84 - We are adding cynicism to the process of death, for our troops must know after a short period there that none of the things we claim to be fighting for are really involved. Before long they must know that their government has sent them into a struggle among Vietnamese, and the more sophisticated surely realize that we are on the side of the wealthy and the secure while we create a hell for the poor.
Pagina 80 - Thank you very much. Mr. Payne. Mr. PAYNE. Thank you very much.
Pagina 83 - The hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 7:00 pm, the committee was adjourned.] APPENDIX MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD PREPARED STATEMENT OF C.
Pagina 59 - Chair recognizes the author of the resolution, the gentleman from New York, Mr. Ackerman. Mr. ACKERMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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