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Vietnam: Pull Out? Stay In? Escalate? (1966-04-08)
About this film
Mr. Thomas-the grand old man of the American Left, six-time Socialist Party candidate for President-was by this point focusing all his energies on opposition to America's involvement in the Vietnam War. This often fierce exchange, which places both men on the firing line, begins with WFB's asking why his guest supported the Korean War but opposes the Vietnam War and goes on to explore whether it is realistic even to aspire to "contain" Communism. NT: "Mr. Buckley, you seem to believe in cruelty as a necessary adjunct to this kind of war. Your main point is that somehow we're going to contain Communism this way, and we aren't. We may delay certain events in Communism. We're not going to contain it. We-" WFB: "Excuse me, was the war in Greece cruel? Did we contain the Communists in Greece?"
Directors & creators
WOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., Norman Thomas, Socialist Party of America, Vietnam War, Korean War, Communism, containment policy, Greek Civil War, anti-war movement, foreign policy, Cold War, United States military intervention
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