Peace Has No Borders 2006 David Cline

February 27, 2015 | 50 Years of GI Resistance, From The Archives, Video

PHNB 2006 David Cline from Peace Has No Borders on Vimeo.

David Cline speaks at Peace Has No Borders, a 2006 bi-national event organized to bring together people on both sides of the border to support Iraq War resisters who fled the US for Canada instead of going to war. Here, Cline talks about the need to build support for the resisters in the U.S.

“David Cline speaking at the Peace Has No Borders event in Ft Erie Ontario on June 17, 2006 with the Peace Bridge in the background. He is speaking in support of Iraq war resisters who were seeking asylum in Canada.

The clip is from a film produced by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller entitled “Peace Has No Borders” which is in it’s final production phase after nine years of filming. Their last film was a biography of Howard Zinn entitled “You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train”. This film follows the struggle of American war resisters seeking political asylum in Canada. Sadly, their efforts are coming to a bitter end.” ~ Bruce Beyer

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1972: 50 Years Ago

March 30-July 1972 The PAVN (People’s Army of Viet Nam) and the NLF begin a major offensive. The goal of Easter Offensive, officially known as The 1972 Spring – Summer Offensive, (also called the Nguyen Hue (Nguyễn Huệ) offensive) was to win a decisive victory in 1972 or at least improve the revolutionary position for future peace talks. The 3-pronged attacks began in the north, center, and south of the country. Massed North Vietnamese Army artillery open a shattering barrage, targeting South Vietnamese positions across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Upwards of 20,000 PAVN troops cross the DMZ, forcing the South Vietnamese units into a retreat. The Southern defense is thrown into complete chaos. Intelligence reports had predicted a Northern attack, but no one had expected it to come across the DMZ. A week after the launch of the offensive, Nixon decides to respond with a massive air campaign against the North. The campaign was by far the largest and most comprehensive of the war, using a wide variety of aircraft as well as new ‘smart’ bombs. The US committed 74 tactical squadrons to the attack. In addition, six aircraft carriers were assigned to the bombing mission as well as over 100 B-52 bombers. For the first time, the US places mines in Haiphong Harbor to cut off the North Vietnamese from foreign support.

The South Vietnamese with heavy American air support are able to turn back the attack after a month and a half. The city of Loc Ninh (Lộc Ninh), located close to the Cambodian border subsequently became the capital of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (PRGSVN), a distinction it held until it was disbanded after the war. While US bombing and a stiffened ARVN defense was able to turn back the PAVN and NLF offensive, it remains politically impossible to reintroduce sufficient U.S. combat troops to stem the PAVN drive. With his policy of Vietnamization at stake, Nixon implements a massive buildup of air power in Southeast Asia and a broadening of the eligible targets.