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

The second answer is correct (B).

The context of the Vietnam War in the 1950s was that of the beginning of the Cold War, and Vietnam was divided between North Vietnam, ally of the USSR and South Vetina, allied with the capitalist countries.

What President Nixon meant in his speech was that the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam would affect not only that country, but a host of other places like the Middle East and Germany. This is an ideological question. The exit from the US would represent an insecurity for the allied capitalist countries and would strengthen the Soviet positions considered enemies.

Answer 2

Answer:B the us should not withdraw from Vietnam because that would cause problems elsewhere

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