But. however. we all feel about the general issue. of bombing in Indochina. on one thing we surely must all be able to agree: There can be no more bombing of the dikes. not one more hit. because if there are floods our POWs will drown or starve as quickly as anyone else in North Vietnam. There can be no more bombing of the dikes. not one more hit. because when all is said and done this particular act could produce a whole new level of horror. because there is a difference between strikes on cities and towns which kill hundreds or thousands. and strikes on a vital life system which threatens millions. But mostly. there can be no more bombing of the dikes. not one more hit. because there must come a point in this war. finally. when we here in the Senate will finally admit to ourselves that it has gone too far: Because there are certain limits which civilized human beings cannot exceed without themselves descending into savagery: Because after 25 years of shooting. strafing. bombing. poisoning. burning. dismembering. assassinating. abducting. deporting the people of Indochina. after more than a million killed and 2 million wounded. and 700.000 widowed. and 200.000 orphaned. and 10 million made homeless. there must come a point when even the most indifferent. weak or distracted among us must have courage to say "stop." Mr. President. I wish also to advise my colleagues of the contents of a letter which I shall send this morning to the Secretary of State.
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