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THE WASHINGTON POST
FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1972
JANUARY 29, 1972
William S. White
War Issue Is Deflated
THE THUNDER on the
not running for President or
him "inflexible." It now de-
left against this govern-
anything else and is thus
velops that he was "flexi-
ment's policy in the Viet-
free of political motivation
ble," indeed so much so
nam war is declining in vol-
- as to fragment a hereto-
that in any different na-
ume and rumbling off into
fore monolithic new-isola-
tional atmosphere he would
the far distances - the far-
tionist, new pacifist anti-
right now be denounced not
out distances. In fact in both
Nixon bloc in the Sente.
for being beastly to the
senses.
Yesterday, the chic thing
enemy but instead for con-
President Nixon's disclo-
within this bloc was to in-
ceding it far too much.
sure that during 30 months
dict the President as just
The nub of the business is
of secret negotiations he
short of a war-lover. Today
that Mr. Nixon has managed
had offered the Communist
the dean of the college, so
to make it plain, to all will-
enemy just about what most
to speak, sees the President
ing to listen to his propos-
of his critics had been clam-
as not too far short of a gen-
als, that the more violent of
oring for - and one-side
uine peace-seeker.
his antagonists on Vietnam
American troop withdrawal
McGovern,
McCarthy,
will never be satisfied with
in exchange for American
Lindsay and company, then,
anything he may do. The
prisoners of war and a
are suddenly cast into an
whole meaning of their posi-
cease-fire — has largely neu-
area of isolation from the
tion contemplates uncondi-
tralized all save his extre-
main body of the antiwar
tional American surrender,
mist and unappeasable oppo-
people. Moreover, the impli-
though no doubt they do not
sition.
cation they continually raise
see it in this light.
Unless one supposes that
- that the United States
© 1972, United Feature Syndicate
the Democratic Party will
should demand no ounce of
nominate as a presidential
reciprocity from the enemy
candidate some wild-blue-
and indeed should join the
yonder aspirant such as
enemy in the destruction of
George McGovern. Eugene
our allied government of
McCarthy or John Lindsay,
South Vietnam - is cer-
it well may be that an issue
tainly not going to do any-
SO often prematurely pro-
thing to bring them back
claimed to be dead may this
into the main stream of
time be actually dead, for all
Democratic politics.
practical purposes.
Sen. Edward Kennedy,
For the leading rivals for
parenthetically, is associated
the nomination, Edmund
with them. But since he
Muskie and Hubert Hum-
steadfastly disavows any am-
phrey, have basically ac-
bition for a presidential can-
cepted both the legitimacy
didacy of his own. His views
and the adequacy of the
will not have much influ-
President's renewed and
ence unless, of course, he
extraordinarily generous
should at some point change
peace offer to the Commu-
tactics and become "availa-
nists. True enough, Muskie
ble."
and Humphrey grouse a bit
IN PRACTICAL political
around the edges; but this is
mainly only to keep a hand
terms the President has hit
in.
the hard core of automatic
"antiwarism" a very heavy
Even more importantly, so
tireless an adversary in the
blow. This is not so much
past as the Democratic
because of his disclosure
PRESERVATION COPY
leader of the Senate, Mike
and renewal of what are in
Mansfield, has applauded
truth quite old concessions
Mr. Nixon for "a long step
to the Communists, rather,
it is because of the revela-
forward."
tion that for 30 long months
THE VITAL POINT here
he has been trying to per-
is not that as Mansfield goes
suade the Communists to ac-
so goes the Senate, for that
cept American proposals
would overstate the matter.
that the hard core was ac-
Rather it is that Mansfield's
cusing him of not being will-
position and power are such
ing to tender at all.
particularly since he is
The hard core was calling
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