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Third Issue

The third "issue" that is mentioned in the
YAF statement is the group's belief that the
best way to end the war is not through methods
such as the Moratorium. "The war will end
only," the statement reads, "when North Vietnam
becomes convinced that it cannot conquer
South Vietnam by force (after the death of Ho
Chi Minh the CPNV vowed to fight on until
victory is won in the South).

"One can only wonder," says Mr. Kwapisz,
"at the callousness of Bud Ogle when he
casually says of the South Vietnamese, '...it's
about time they took over responsibility for
their own war' - especially when one considers
the fact that the death and casualty totals of
the South Vietnamese forces are about three
times those of the American troops."

The statement ends by asking each student
to make "his own personal decision regarding
the conduct of the war and attendance at
classes, and not to let the Moratorium Committee
(front) and the Student Council sell him a
phoney bill of goods."