Editing Nixon Doctrine (section)

==Doctrine==
During a stopover during an international tour on the U.S. territory of [[Guam]], Nixon formally announced the doctrine.<ref>{{cite web |author=History Channel |author-link=History (U.S. TV channel) |title= July 25, 1969: The Nixon Doctrine is announced |date=July 25, 1969 |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-nixon-doctrine-is-announced|format=reprint}}</ref> Nixon declared the United States would honor all of its treaty commitments in [[Asia]], but "as far as the problems of international security are concerned ... the United States is going to encourage and has a right to expect that this problem will increasingly be handled by, and the responsibility for it taken by, the Asian nations themselves".<ref name=":0">Karsh, Effraim ''Islamic Imperialism A History'', New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006 page 199.</ref>

Later, from the [[Oval Office]] in an address to the nation on the Vietnam War on November 3, 1969, Nixon said:<ref name="Richard M. Nixon">{{cite web |author=Richard M. Nixon |author-link=Richard M. Nixon |title=President Nixon's Speech on "Vietnamization" |date=November 3, 1969 |url=http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forkids/speechesforkids/silentmajority/silentmajority_transcript.pdf |format=reprint |access-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124094303/http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forkids/speechesforkids/silentmajority/silentmajority_transcript.pdf |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><blockquote>First, the United States will keep all of its treaty commitments. Second, we shall provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security. Third, in cases involving other types of aggression, we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with our treaty commitments. But we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense.</blockquote>