Question

Read the passage from a speech on Vietnam given by President Nixon in 1969. “For the future of peace, precipitate withdrawal would thus be a disaster of immense magnitude. —A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allied and lets down its friends. —Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without question would promote recklessness in the councils of those great powers who have not yet abandoned their goals of world conquest. —This would spark violence wherever our commitments help maintain the peace—in the Middle East, in Berlin, eventually even in the Western Hemisphere . . . For these reasons, I rejected the recommendation that I should end the war by immediately withdrawing all of our forces.” —President Richard Nixon Address to the nation Nov. 3, 1969 What foreign policy direction does the President say the United States should follow? A.The US should withdraw its military forces from Vietnam as quickly as is possible. B.The US should not withdraw from Vietnam, because that would cause problems elsewhere. C.The US should turn its attention from Vietnam to the Middle East, Berlin, and the Western Hemisphere. D.The goal of US foreign policy, if American troops leave Vietnam, should be one of world conquest.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The US should not withdraw from Vietnam, because that would cause problems elsewhere.

Explanation:

The most pressing issue confronting Richard Nixon when he assumed the administration on January 20, 1969, was the war in Vietnam. When he got to office, about 36,000 Americans had been murdered in Vietnam. Amid the 1968 battle, Nixon promised to end the war in Vietnam, secure the arrival of American POWs, and make a system for a generation of peace.

Answer 2

The policy direction that the President suggested was that  B.The US should not withdraw from Vietnam, because that would cause problems elsewhere.

What is President Nixon saying here?

He is saying that a complete neglect of Vietnam would lead to communists rising in other parts of the world.

He said that this would happen because the Communists would no longer be afraid of the United States and so urged the U.S. not to withdraw from Vietnam.

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