Harry and Arthur by Lawrence J. Haas

Author:Lawrence J. Haas [Haas, Lawrence J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS036060 History / United States / 20th Century
ISBN: 9781612348322
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2016-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Most noteworthy—as in his remarks after Truman’s speech—Vandenberg highlighted the signal that the Senate, with its decision, would send to U.S. allies and adversaries alike. “To repudiate the president of the United States at such an hour,” he declared, “could display a divisive weakness which might involve far greater jeopardy than a sturdy display of united strength. We are not free to ignore the price of noncompliance.” That price, he explained,

would be the forfeiture of all hope to effectively influence the attitude of other nations in our peaceful pursuit of international righteousness from now on. It would stunt our moral authority and mute our voice. It would encourage dangerous contempts. It would invite provocative misunderstandings of the tenacity with which we are prepared to defend our fundamental ideals . . . What would you think if you were a citizen of Athens? . . . What would you think if you were a citizen of Ankara? What would you think if you were a citizen of any other of the weary, war-torn nations who are wondering this afternoon whether the torch still burns in the upraised hand of liberty; whether it is hopeless to struggle on toward democratic freedom? And what would you think . . . if you were the Politburo in Moscow’s Kremlin?

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