2022TheGreatSilentMajority英语演讲TheGreatSilentMajority英语演讲richardm.nixon:"thegreatsilentmajority"goodevening,myfellowamericans.tonightiwanttotalktoyouonasubjectofdeepconcerntoallamericansandtomanypeopleinallpartsoftheworld,thewarinvietnam.ibelievethatoneofthereasonsforthedeepdivision第1页共58页aboutvietnamisthatmanyamericanshavelostconfidenceinwhattheirgovernmenthastoldthemaboutourpolicy.theamericanpeoplecannotandshouldnotbeaskedtosupportapolicywhichinvolvestheoverridingissuesofwarandpeaceunlesstheyknowthetruthaboutthatpolicy.tonight,therefore,iwouldliketoanswersomeofthequestionsthatiknowareonthemindsofmanyofyoulisteningtome.howandwhydidamericagetinvolvedinvietnaminthe第2页共58页firstplace?howhasthisadministrationchangedthepolicyofthepreviousadministration?whathasreallyhappenedinthenegotiationsinparisandthebattlefrontinvietnam?whatchoicesdowehaveifwearetoendthewar?whataretheprospectsforpeace?nowletmebeginbydescribingthesituationifoundwheniwasinauguratedonjan.20th:thewarhadbeengoing第3页共58页onforfouryears.thirty-onethousandamericanshadbeenkilledinaction.thetrainingprogramforthesouthvietnamesewasbehindschedule.fivehundredforty-thousandamericanswereinvietnamwithnoplanstoreducethenumber.noprogresshadbeenmadeatthenegotiationsinparisandtheunitedstateshadnotputforthacomprehensivepeaceproposal.thewarwascausingdeepdivisionathomeandcriticismfrommanyofourfriend,aswellasourenemies,abroad.第4页共58页inviewofthesecircumstances,thereweresomewhourgedwithdrawalofallamericanforces.fromapoliticalstandpoint,thiswouldhavebeenapopularandeasycoursetofollow.afterall,webecameinvolvedinthewarwhilemypredecessorwasinoffice.icouldblamethedefeat,whichwouldbetheresultofmyaction,onhim--andcomeoutasthepeacemaker.someputittomequitebluntly:thiswastheonlywaytoavoidallowingjohnson’swartobecomenixon’swar.第5页共58页butihadagreaterobligationthantothinkonlyoftheyearsofmyadministration,andofthenextelection.ihadtothinkoftheeffectofmydecisiononthenextgeneration,andonthefutureofpeaceandfreedominamerica,andintheworld.letusallunderstandthatthequestionbeforeusisnotwhethersomeamericansareforpeaceandsomeamericansareagainstpeace.thequestionatissueisnotwhetherjohnson’swarbecomesnixon’swar.thegreatquestionis:第6页共58页howcanwewinamerica’speace?well,letusturnnowtothefundamentalissue:whyandhowdidtheunitedstatesbecomeinvolvedinvietnaminthefirstplace?fifteenyearsagonorthvietnam,withthelogisticalsupportofcommunistchinaandthesovietunion,launchedacampaigntoimposeacommunistgovernmentonsouthvietnambyinstigatingandsupportingarevolution.inresponsetotherequestofthegovernmentofsouth第7页共58页vietnam,presidenteisenhowersenteconomicaidandmilitaryequipmenttoassistthepeopleofsouthvietnamintheireffortsofpreventacommunisttakeover.sevenyearsago,presidentkennedysent16,000militarypersonneltovietnamascombatadvisers.fouryearsago,presidentjohnsonsentamericancombatforcestosouthvietnam.nowmanybelievethatpresidentjohnson’sdecisiontosendamericancombatforcestosouthvietnamwaswrong.andmanyothers,iamongthem,havebeenstronglycriticalof第8页共58页thewaythewarhasbeenconducted.butthequestionfacingustodayis--nowthatweareinthewar,whatisthebestwaytoendit?injanuaryicouldonlyconcludethattheprecipitatewithdrawalofallamericanforcesfromvietnamwouldbeadisasternotonlyforsouthvietnambutfortheunitedstatesandforthecauseofpeace.forthesouthvietnamese,ourpre...
