The U.S. vs. John Lennon

* LOVE IS LIVING 665 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:34,300 * LIVING LOVE 666 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:39,505 * LOVE IS NEEDING 667 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:46,278 * TO BE LOVED 668 00:35:46,312 --> 00:35:47,813 IT SEEMS NOW MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER 669 00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:50,616 THAT THE BLOODY EXPERIENCE OF VIETNAM 670 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,718 IS TO END IN A STALEMATE. 671 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,920 THIS SUMMER'S ALMOST CERTAIN STANDOFF 672 00:35:54,953 --> 00:35:59,258 WILL EITHER END IN REAL GIVE-AND-TAKE NEGOTIATIONS 673 00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:01,293 OR TERRIBLE ESCALATION. 674 00:36:01,327 --> 00:36:04,396 AND FOR EVERY MEANS WE HAVE TO ESCALATE, 675 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:05,831 THE ENEMY CAN MATCH US, 676 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:08,400 AND THAT APPLIES TO INVASION OF THE NORTH, 677 00:36:08,434 --> 00:36:09,768 THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 678 00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:14,240 OR THE MERE COMMITMENT OF 100, 200, OR 300,000 679 00:36:14,273 --> 00:36:16,708 MORE AMERICAN TROOPS TO THE BATTLE. 680 00:36:16,742 --> 00:36:17,843 AND WITH EACH ESCALATION, 681 00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:22,281 THE WORLD COMES CLOSER TO THE BRINK OF COSMIC DISASTER. 682 00:36:22,314 --> 00:36:25,884 YOU SEE, THE WAR WAS SUCH A GREAT MISTAKE. 683 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:29,988 WE WENT INTO VIETNAM IN ORDER TO PRESERVE 684 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,824 A DEMOCRACY WHICH DID NOT EXIST. 685 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:37,796 THE FACT OF THE MATTER WAS SOUTH VIETNAM WAS A MONARCHY, 686 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:38,964 AND A RATHER CRUEL ONE. 687 00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:44,970 WE WERE FIGHTING FOR AN ALREADY LOST CAUSE BEFORE WE EVER 688 00:36:45,003 --> 00:36:47,906 PUT THE FIRST FOOT INTO THE COUNTRY. 689 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:49,241 Nixon: NEVER HAS SO MUCH POWER 690 00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:51,743 BEEN USED SO INEFFECTIVELY AS IN VIETNAM. 691 00:36:51,777 --> 00:36:54,513 IF AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME AND ALL OF THIS SACRIFICE 692 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:58,016 AND ALL OF THIS SUPPORT, THERE IS STILL NO END IN SIGHT, 693 00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:01,720 THEN I SAY THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 694 00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:02,754 TO TURN TO NEW LEADERSHIP 695 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:05,924 NOT TIED TO THE POLICIES AND MISTAKES OF THE PAST. 696 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:12,030 I PLEDGE TO YOU WE SHALL HAVE AN HONORABLE END TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM. 697 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:14,266 WELL, HE DID RUN WITH THE PROMISE 698 00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:18,036 THAT HE HAD A SECRET PLAN THAT HE WAS GOING TO UNVEIL 699 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:20,939 AFTER THE ELECTION TO END THE WAR. 700 00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:24,976 THE WAR WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY. 701 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:26,345 PEOPLE WERE BEING DRAFTED. 702 00:37:26,378 --> 00:37:29,348 50,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED. 703 00:37:29,381 --> 00:37:30,382 50,000. 704 00:37:30,416 --> 00:37:34,353 40% OF ALL THE YOUNG AMERICANS WHO DIED IN VIETNAM, 705 00:37:34,386 --> 00:37:41,993 DIED DURING THOSE 4 YEARS AFTER NIXON WAS ELECTED IN 1968. 706 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:56,308 * WHAT A WASTE OF HUMAN POWER, WHAT A WASTE OF HUMAN LIVES * 707 00:37:57,443 --> 00:37:58,744 Nixon: WE HAVE ADOPTED A PLAN, 708 00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:02,080 WHICH WE HAVE WORKED OUT IN COOPERATION WITH THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE, 709 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:07,519 FOR THE COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL U.S. COMBAT GROUND FORCES. 710 00:38:07,553 --> 00:38:10,088 AS SOUTH VIETNAMESE FORCES BECOME STRONGER, 711 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:15,461 THE RATE OF AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL CAN BECOME GREATER. 712 00:38:15,494 --> 00:38:16,728 I HAVE NOT, AND DO NOT INTEND 713 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:19,965 TO ANNOUNCE THE TIMETABLE FOR OUR PROGRAM. 714 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:23,068 Lennon: * DOWN 715 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:29,007 McGOVERN: WE MEET TODAY TO REAFFIRM THOSE AGELESS VALUES 716 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:29,941 THAT GAVE US BIRTH-- 717 00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,111 LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, 718 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:36,081 AND WE MEET TO DECLARE PEACE, 719 00:38:36,114 --> 00:38:40,586 TO PUT AN END TO WAR NOT IN SOME DISTANT FUTURE, 720 00:38:40,619 --> 00:38:43,555 BUT TO PUT AN END TO IT NOW. 721 00:38:43,589 --> 00:38:44,790 I LIKE TO BE LIKED. 722 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:48,460 I DON'T LIKE TO SAY THINGS THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T AGREE WITH. 723 00:38:48,494 --> 00:38:50,362 WHEN PEACE MARCHERS COME TO WASHINGTON, 724 00:38:50,396 --> 00:38:53,432 IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO SAY, "I AGREE WITH THEM. 725 00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:54,566 I WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT." 726 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,503 BUT A PRESIDENT HAS TO DO WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE RIGHT 727 00:38:57,536 --> 00:39:01,006 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES IT IS NECESSARY 728 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:02,408 TO DRAW THE LINE CLEARLY. 729 00:39:02,441 --> 00:39:06,144 NOT TO HAVE ENMITY AGAINST THOSE WHO DISAGREE, 730 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:09,080 BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE CAN BE NO COMPROMISE 731 00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:12,451 WHERE SUCH GREAT ISSUES AS SELF-DETERMINATION 732 00:39:1