QUESTION 10 Which of the following quotes does NOT appear in Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 speech about Viet Nam? a. "Unable to defeat our enemy or break his will – at least without a huge, long and ever more costly effort – we must actively seek a peaceful settlement." b. "Over many years, we have made a national pledge to help South Viet-Nam defend its independence. And I intend to keep that promise." c. "We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw, either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement." d. "To leave Viet-Nam to its fate would shake the confidence of all people in the value of an American commitment and in the value of America’s word."

a. "Unable to defeat our enemy or break his will – at least without a huge, long and ever more costly effort – we must actively seek a peaceful settlement."

Explanation:

This is not a quote that appears in Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 speech about Vietnam. This speech is usually called "Peace without Conquest." In this speech, Lyndon B. Johnson ackowledged the challenges that awaited America during the Vietnam War. However, he also argued that the country remained committed to the fight. The quote that does not appear in this speech, on the other hand, belongs to a speech by Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

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Answer: Unable to defeat our enemy or break his will – at least without a huge, long and ever more costly effort – we must actively seek a peaceful settlement.

Explanation: This statement was made by Robert F. Kennedy: in his Unwinnable War speech in (1968).

Robert Kennedy was a senator, and a former Attorney General under his brother who was President of America at the time President John F.Kennedy, the speach was given in Chicago on February 8, 1968 as an action by Him to break from his brother President Johnson and his stance on the Vietnam War. Robert Kennedy used this speech to kick start his push for the presidential nomination, only for him to be assassinated four months later in Los Angeles.