Reflt assured we democrats will stir it up. This Election Year of 1968 has touched emotions. I think we have too much violence in this country. We go up together, or we go down together. And we have that understanding for our fellow citizens, we will have a new america, and i need your help. [ cheers and applause ] if you look at the whole year as theater, as real acts of tragedy, theres an almost poetic feeling to it. 1968 was one god damn thing after another. Hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. There is, in the land, a certain restlessness. Lyndon johnson, whatever else one thinks of him, his reputation will always have the stone of vietnam around it. We live in the middle of a beast. Lyndon johnson is a common murderer. Johnson did things that no other president did. Civil rights, great society. He should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didnt. He became the
Oh, i know we can win. These people are being killed. And theyre being killed why . The United States has to stop this bloody aggression. Goddamn it, were in the middle. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Mr. President , it was just a year ago you ordered stepped up aid to vietnam. There seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know we have 10 or 11 times as many advisers in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communistinspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance in stemming north vetnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and North
Understanding for our fellow citizens, we will have a new america, and i need your help. [ cheers and applause ] if you look at the whole year as theater, as real acts of tragedy, theres an almost poetic feeling to it. 1968 was one god damn thing after another. Hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. There is in the land a certain restlessness. Lyndon johnson, whatever else one thinks of him, his reputation will always have the stone of vietnam around it. We live in the middle of a beast. Lyndon johnson is a common murderer. Johnson did things that no other president did. Civil rights, great society. He should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didnt. He became the vietnam war president. Wed been told repeatedly that were succeeding, were defeating them. They cant hold out. Johnson kept saying, theres light at the end of the tunnel. This is a cbs news special report.
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. It was just ayear ago you stepped up for vietnam. There seems to be discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know, we have ten or 11 times as many advisors in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communists inspired submersion was unrelengthing. South vote no, maietnam looked for stemming vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and north vietnam. You have communists in the north so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist north vietnamese believed in nationalism, uniting their country under their own contro
[ cheers and applause ] if you look at the whole year as theater, as real acts of tragedy, theres an almost poetic feeling to it. 1968 was one god damn thing after another. Hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. There is, in the land, a certain restlessness. Lyndon johnson, whatever else one thinks of him, his reputation will always have the stone of vietnam around it. We live in the middle of a beast. Lyndon johnson is a common murderer. Johnson did things that no other president did. Civil rights, great society. He should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didnt. He became the vietnam war president. Wed been told repeatedly that were succeeding, were defeating them. They cant hold out. Johnson kept saying, theres light at the end of the tunnel. This is a cbs news special report. Saigon under fire. The enemy in vietnam has demolished the myth that a live military s