Nightline (ABC) - 1991-02-19
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[0:00] Cancer, the warning signs tomorrow at 6.
[0:08] >> We now join our regularly scheduled
[0:10] program already in progress.
[0:12] >> Couples,
[0:14] we tend to forget for the first few
[0:17] years there was little opposition to the
[0:19] war in Vietnam. Even by the late 60s and
[0:22] early 70s, while our memories retrieve
[0:24] pictures of immense crowds of war
[0:26] protesters, the majority of Americans
[0:29] still supported the war. Were that not
[0:31] so, Richard Nixon might have lost the 68
[0:34] election. He would almost certainly have
[0:35] lost the 72 election to the anti-war
[0:38] campaign of George McGovern. Instead,
[0:40] Nixon carried every state but won and
[0:43] the District of Columbia. So, it should
[0:46] not be surprising that less than five
[0:48] weeks into the Gulf War, the polls show
[0:50] President Bush enjoying overwhelming
[0:52] support for his policies, overwhelming
[0:55] support for beginning a ground campaign
[0:57] into Kuwait and very little appetite by
[1:00] more than 2 to1 for accepting any Iraqi
[1:03] conditions for their withdrawal from
[1:05] Kuwait. Still, while we live by the rule
[1:08] of the majority in this country, the
[1:10] majority is not always right. And so we
[1:13] felt that before a ground war begins, we
[1:15] should hear one more time from some of
[1:17] those who feel it would be a mistake.
[1:20] And we will do that after this roundup
[1:22] of today's developments from Night Line
[1:24] correspondent Jackie Jud.
[1:26] >> On day 34 of Desert Storm, the Allies
[1:29] prepared for what many believe is the
[1:31] imminent start of a ground assault
[1:33] against Iraqi forces. At the same time,
[1:36] the Soviet peace plan aimed at ending
[1:38] the war before a land campaign c