Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Richard Nixon has relied upon any single rationale for the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, it has been the necessity of protecting the lives and safety of American troops in Viet Nam. He emphasized the point firmly in his April 30 speech announcing the invasion. In his TV conversation last week, he mentioned it repeatedly, even invoking it as justification for the continuing American presence in South Viet Nam. "The President of the U.S.," he said, "has the constitutional right-not only the right but the responsibility-to use his powers to protect American forces when they are engaged in military...
...also disturbing because it becomes highly dangerous if pursued to its logical end. Had Harry Truman chosen to apply the Nixon principle in Korea, for example, there would have been no reason for the U.S. to hold back from bombing or even invading Communist China in order to protect American troops from the attacking Chinese. To follow the argument further to its admittedly absurd conclusion, why not attack Russia and China, suppliers of the weapons and ammunition that kill U.S. soldiers in Viet Nam? Or invade North Viet Nam, provider of the men who use those weapons? The point...
When Nixon speaks of his duty to protect troops in the field, he usually couples it with emphasis upon his role and responsibilities as Commander in Chief of the armed forces. Of course, he is far from the first to emphasize the license implicit in the role of Commander in Chief. Invoking its powers to justify the use of U.S. troops in the absence of a declaration of war has been a resort of Presidents almost since the Republic began. But the device has become increasingly popular since World War II. Harry Truman made use of it to send...
...last year, the nation's seventh largest city recorded five homicides, six rapes, 200 auto thefts, 238 robberies and 442 burglaries. In the first quarter of 1970, crime in the capital rose 21.7%, far faster than it did in the nation as a whole. Churches have hired guards to protect ushers from being robbed after taking the Sunday collection. Tourists are advised not to leave their hotels alone after dark. Throughout the city the victims of crime range from presidential aides and foreign diplomats to black merchants and mothers on welfare...
...prosecution's case. Last week's ruling recognized for the first time the importance of affording defendants a chance to have such an active defense. Speaking for the majority, Justice William Brennan declared: "Plainly, the guiding hand of counsel at the preliminary hearing is essential to protect the indigent accused against .an erroneous or improper prosecution...