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Robert C. Byrd: “From the beginning we have fought this war with one hand tied behind our back. We should have hit the enemy with all of…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1969
From the beginning we have fought this war with one hand tied behind our back. We should have hit the enemy with all of our conventional power. We should have destroyed his dikes, closed his ports, and forced him to negotiate in good faith.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Sep 24, 1969

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Commenting on U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.

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