McAPUSH: Leah Langston- The President Calling

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Leah Langston- The President Calling

President Nixon: Bombing for Peace
Initially, President Nixon seems to be very curt and dry. He sounds sullen and stressed while discussing the release of an announcement regarding a bombing that is to take place. Nixon saw the Vietnam war as unwinnable and was, at first, very obviously unhappy, as he should have been, to be making a move in a war that he saw no end to. Just by listening to his voice, the anxiety and pressure involved in being the President is obvious. Nixon repeatedly references an inauguration, I believe he is referring to his own inauguration into his second term as President. This bombing was not a first, nor would it be a last. Nixon instituted carpet bombing, bombing large areas between North and South Vietnam repeatedly. As the recording continues Nixon seems to be taking the topic more lightly and is more concerned with the possibility of dampening the mood of his inauguration than he is about the havoc the bombings will reap on Vietnam. Carpet bombing was very controversial among Americans, and Nixon did not want his bombings to sour the “flavor” of his inauguration, so the release of the news of yet another bombing was being planned around the event. As the conversation progresses, Nixon throws in a chuckle or two, which could be viewed as extremely inappropriate considering the topic at hand. The entire conversation is cloaked in deceit.