New York, April 20—It would be good to be able to say that the bombing of North Vietnam had left the critics of Mr. Nixon speechless, but alas no. Vesuvius finally shut off, but never the appeasers. Their supply of funk is inexhaustible. The best that can be said about them is that they have been rendered incoherent.
Do you remember the argument that said there is no point in bombing North Vietnam because it doesn’t do any good, all it does is fortify North Vietnamese resolution? Remember? New York Times, April 17: “Only massive American bombing, including heavy raids in North Vietnam itself, enabled the South Vietnam forces to halt the Communist advance.” Suddenly we are told to believe that it has been the aerial intervention of the United States that has turned the tide.
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