It seems unbelievable to me that after 4 yearsand after the majority of Americans have overwhelmingly expressed their desire to get out of Vietnamwe are still continuing to debate this issue in Congress while the death and destruction goes on in Southeast Asia. The length. cost. and horrors of this war are almost incomprehensible. The war has killed 56.000 Americans. 700.000 Vietnamese. 300.000 Americans have been disabled or wounded. 6 million Vietnamese have been made refugees. 1.600 prisoners of war or missing in action have not been returned or accounted for. and the expenditure of over $135 billion has distorted our national priorities and depressed our economy. Furthermore. the country which we have been fighting to "save" has been the victim of incredible devastation to its land and people. and our own country has suffered beyond measure from the divisiveness within our society and from the peoples increasing sense of distrust of the Government as a result of the continuation of the war. It should be quite apparent to all of us that whatever commitment we had to South Vietnam has now been more than fulfilled.
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