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[first lines] Clark Clifford, Aide to President Truman:
When the second World War was over, we were the one great power in the world. The Soviets had a substantial military machine; but, they could not touch us in power. We had this enormous force that had been built up. We had the greatest fleet in the world. We come through the War economically sound. And, I think that in addition to feeling a sense of responsibility, we also began to feel the sense of a world power - that possibly we could control the future of the world
When the second World War was over, we were the one great power in the world. The Soviets had a substantial military machine; but, they could not touch us in power. We had this enormous force that had been built up. We had the greatest fleet in the world. We come through the War economically sound. And, I think that in addition to feeling a sense of responsibility, we also began to feel the sense of a world power - that possibly we could control the future of the world
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By the end of that four day interrogation
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I was getting down by the end of it Into very serious questions
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Like do any of you men as you look at it objectively
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Do you find any diminution in the will of the enemy to fight
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Well they said no we guess we don't
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Are they sending the same number of men down through the ho chi minh trail
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Well yes and even they might be a little more
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And how about our bombing We've placed great reliance on our bombing
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Is our bombing stopping them no
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Well what is the amount of attrition that our bombing's causing
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Well maybe 10 to 15 percent
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So I remember asking one question
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If a north Vietnamese field commander in south Vietnam needed a thousand men
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They said yes
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Movie Summary
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
