Session #92 · 1971–73

Speech #920069782

We have. due to the inexcusable bungling of the State Department. backed ourselves into a corner in our relationship with India. At the same time that Mrs. Gandhi is resisting the urging of some of her countrymen to go to war. we are supplying the weapons to Pakistan that exacerbate the situation. I simply do not understand. Mr. President. whose interests we are serving by our actions in that area. We enable Pakistan to continue waging war. which in turn causes India to move closer and closer to a state of war. and all the while millions of East Pakistans are dying or being made refugees. It is not a role that we should be proud of. Mr.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN TUNNEY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
920069782
Paragraph
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