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America's economy, for all of
the rhetoric about 'strain', remains
forty times larger then her war
budget, even after underwriting Saigon's
economy.

Yet the war can be stopped. It
can be stopped regardless of the
helplessness of the Vietnamese, it
can be stopped no matter how
badly Nixon wants to keep murdering
for honor, it can be stopped
without worrying over which liars
will replace what fools in November.

Consider our second aggregation
of statistics.

The war requires about 1500
fresh combat troops weekly. Perhaps
3% of the national volunteers
request combat, some 200 men per
week. The other 1000+ spots have
got to be filled by draftees.