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The Indochina war
If there was any thing funny that could
be said about the Indochina War, I would glad
ly say it. But there is nothing funny about an
expanded war, renewed bombing raids and
more American dead. This editorial is not
written in correlation with the parody edition.
Thursday President Nixon ordered an
invasion of Cambodia and a committment of
arms to the new Cambodian government. Ilis
avowed reason was to protect the lives of
American troops. Nothing, of course was
said about those Americans who will die fight
ing in Cambodia. Saturday 120 U.S. planes
bombed North Vietnam for the first time
since Nov. 1, 1968. Defense Secretary Laird
recommended continued resumption of the
bombing and hinted that ground operations
might begin in Laos.
In announcing the invasion, Nixon said
the action was not an expansion of the war
nor an escalation; Laird reiterated the Pres
ident's statement. Technically this may be so.
The war has always been fought inside Cam
bodia and Laos. But announced invasions and
bombing raids are political expansion of the
war. If Nixon is allowed to expand the war
by decree, to simply anounce the invasion of
a nation without declaring war, he will have
established a precedent that will allow him
to carry the war to any length to "protect
troops' and "secure freedom for the peoples
of South Vietnam."
The American public must rise up and
say NO. To quote the President, his actions
"have become intolerable." If Americans al
low their president to expand a war that is
clearly unpopular without consulting Con
gress, they will forego any control over mili
tary authority in this nation that now exists.
The violence that has erupted across the
. nation on college campuses and in cities in
reaction to this issue is not the product of
anarchy, as Nebraska's brilliant congressional
delegation is so quick to assert. It is the prod
uct of Nixon's failure to end the war and his
"mindless attacks'" on other nations. There
is a point that must be reached sometime
when frustration over individual inability to
even slightly affect war policy forces violence.
That point is being reached by an increasing
number of Americans.
I urge all University of Nebraska stu
dents to register their protest over this most
recent of many intolerable acts by our gov
ernment in Southeast Asia. If it comes to a
national student strike in protest, then strike.
If it is another march, then march. If it is
only the wearing of a black arm band, wear
it. The American people cannot sit by and
tet the war be escalated, by a president who
abuses his constitutional power.
Jim Pedersen
Rally
A rally to discuss the recent military deci
sions regarding Indochina will be held north of
the Student Union 1:30 p.m. Monday, according
to Mike Shonsey moratorium organizer.
