ABobby Fischer denounced the Bolsheviks (the USSR) as a threat to mankind. So they were/are. They're not the “peace” loving “humanitarian” they would like to present to the world of themselves, and their history. Their first interests were Empire, Military Power and crushing the dissenters. The Hammer/Sickle Soviet Union made their “trade deals” with Capitalists and dragged the world into war after war, which cost millions of lives… Korea… Viet Nam… and indeed the Soviet Union secretly sent soldiers into Viet Nam to kindle the flames of death and destruction… always for profit because the U.S. would then have an excuse to step in, claiming its intention was a righteous one to “free” the people from “Communist” rule. Being raised in military family, I respect our men and women in uniform, the little guys who've served, but if they believe they truly sacrificed to defend the Constitution and American liberties, then they should begin asking themselves why then, were Americans forced into a war in Viet Nam, which was UNCONSTITUTIONAL? Constitutional Law? American Liberties? Since then, without a declaration of war by Congress, Americans have seen nothing but decades of wars after wars, since the Neoconservative Bush era was ushered in and the New World Chaos of illegal, endless wars for profit and plunder, leaving nation after nation in ruins and no better off, benefiting nobody except the elite few in a position to profit from military industry arms manufacture and sales. Everyone else pays for it.
The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, October 09, 1965 - Page 8
'Impeach Johnson For Viet Nam War' by Hal Leiren
Dr. Linus Pauling said Friday U.S. President Lyndon Johnson should be impeached for the Viet Nam war.
The two-time Nobel Prize winner said he is willing to sign a petition calling for the president's impeachment.
He made the statement during a question period at the PNE Garden Auditorium. And he repeated it later at Brock Hall at University of B.C. following a speech on Viet Nam.
Dr. Pauling appeared to be taken aback, when a UBC student, who said he was an American citizen, said he had signed a petition calling for President Johnson's impeachment. The student asked if Dr. Pauling would do the same.
Dr. Pauling hesitated, then said: “I'll say yes. Yes, I will sign such a petition.”
Dr. Pauling spoke to an estimated crowd of more than 2,000 in the Garden Auditorium. The speech was taped for a teach-in at UBC where he appeared later and answered questions on his speech.
Dr. Pauling said the war in Viet Nam is unjust, immoral and a danger to mankind's survival.
The war, he said, is unconstitutional.
“Article 8 of the U.S. constitution says that only Congress has the right to wage war,” Dr. Pauling said. “But Johnson has been tricky enough to get around that. We are waging a war that Congress has not been allowed to debate.”
During a question period later he said the steps Johnson has taken in Viet Nam are unconstitutional.
“This may well lay him open to impeachment,” he said. “Congress is also to blame as it has allowed the executive (the president) to take over its powers.”
Dr. Pauling said the U.S. presence in Viet Nam has no popular basis among the Vietnamese and has frustrated implementation of the 1954 Geneva agreement.
“The United States and its puppet government in Viet Nam refused to allow elections in 1956 as was provided for in the 1954 agreement,” he said.
Dr. Pauling said the only way to achieve a settlement in the war is for the United States to agree to negotiate with the Viet Cong.
Dr. Pauling, who was given standing ovations both at the Gardens and at UBC, said it is up to the individual to pressure governments into moral action.
'Impeach Johnson For Viet Nam War' 09 Oct 1965, Sat The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com
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