Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990023559

War. however. is an experience which I would Just as soon he passed up. if theres a reasonable alternative. Not that Vietnam might not have been worth the attemptparticularly in views of the suffering the North Vietnamese victory there has caused millions of South Vietnamese. Cambodians and Laotians. But. losing in Southeast Asia has not been such a problem for us Americans. Its too far away. The repercussionsother than having to make room for all those refugeeswill probably not be evident for some time. if ever. Central America. on the other hand. is in our ballpark. San Salvador is closer to Washington than Los Angeles.
Keywords matched
refugeeswill

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
South Vietnamese Cambodians Laotians
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WARNER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
VA
Gender
M
Date
1985-04-22
Speech ID
990023559
Paragraph
#0
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