He is a very realistic man. and I thought he made an excellent presentation at that time. . He said that the world looks to us and trusts us. If we run out on Vietnam precipitatelyand he is for getting out. like all of us. but he wants to set a time. and do it in a regular waybut if we simply turn our backs on our commitments. we will never again have the trust of an Asiatic nation. because already they believe that we have a double standard. one for the countries of Europe and another for the countries of Asia. He said they have always regarded our commitments over there as something that we could throw off at any time that they became onerous. He went on to say that our failure to maintain a military position in the worlda presence. if you pleaseour failure to maintain a military presence would require both Germany and Japan. now the most -solvent and strongest countries in the world. to start on another militaristic development.
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Generalization that Asiatic nations believe the US has a double standard.