○  英语演讲：the great silent majority  ○

what choices do we have if we are to end the war?

what are the prospects for peace?  

now let me begin by describing the situation i found when i was inaugurated on jan. 20^th:  the war had been going on for four years. thirty-one thousand americans had been killed in action. the training program for the south vietnamese was behind schedule. five hundred forty-thousand americans were in vietnam with no plans to reduce the number. no progress had been made at the negotiations in paris and the united states had not put forth a comprehensive peace proposal.

the war was causing deep division at home and criticism from many of our friend, as well as our enemies, abroad.

in view of these circumstances, there were some who urged withdrawal of all american forces.  from a political standpoint, this would have been a popular and easy course to follow.  after all, we became in

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