○  英语演讲：the great silent majority  ○

or we can persist in our search for a just peace through a negotiated settlement, if possible, or through continued implementation of our plan for vietnamization, if necessary.  a plan in which we will withdraw all of our forces from vietnam on a schedule in accordance with our program as the south vietnamese become strong enough to defend their own freedom.

i have chosen this second course. it is not the easy way.  it is the right way.  it is a plan which will end the war and serve the cause of peace, not just in vietnam but in the pacific and the world.

in speaking of the consequences of a precipitous withdrawal, i mentioned that our allies would lose confidence in america. for more dangerous, we would lose confidence in ourselves. oh, the immediate reaction would be a sense of relief that our men were coming home. but as we saw the consequences of what we had done, inevitable remorse and divisive recrimination would scar our spirit as a people.

we have faced other crises in our history and we have become stronger by rejecting the easy way out and taking the right way in meeting our challenges.  our greatness as a nation has been our capacity to do what has to be done when we knew our course was right.

i recognize that some of my fellow americans have reached different conclusions as to how peace should be achieved.  honest and patriotic citizens disagree with the plan for peace i have chosen.

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