Dear Mr. Buckley: Your reaction to the Lt. Calley verdict is interesting. Here is proof—if any were needed —of your total alienation from the right wing in this country. At one time in history, you were considered a leader of this segment of the population, but you have long since abdicated in favor of George Wallace. You are out of touch now with the right wing, as out of touch as are others of the liberals in the communications media. It is strange that you should have degenerated to this state. Apparently, you could only maintain your fragile leadership while a national Democrat was president. Once they were replaced by a Republican, the hypocrisy of your stand became obvious. Your support of the liberal Democrat, Richard Nixon, has undermined whatever remaining credibility you had enjoyed. Now you are actually aligned against the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and with people like James Wechsler, Adlai Stevenson, Mary McGrory, and the NY Times and Washington Post.
It is easy to “be proud of” verdicts of imprisonment or death from the safety of one’s fireside. There is a certain cowardice in hearing the rich, draft-free writers sound off sanctimoniously about “massacres” while still
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