The United States or its People

The United States or its people crossword clue. The Courier-Mail newspaper big one crossword puzzle on today Aug 17, 2017. 8 letter(5,3)

The answer: UNCLE SAM

President Jimmy Carter, whose track record on Vietnam as Georgia governor was somewhat hawkish, declared during his early presidency that “never again should our country become militarily involved in the internal affairs of another nation unless there is a direct and obvious threat to the security of the United States or its people.” He promised that he would never be guilty of the “false statements and outright lies” that previous presidents had used to justify the invasion of Vietnam. But by the end of his presidency, Carter had turned sharply to the right and was now declaring that American troops “went to Vietnam without any desire to capture territory or to impose American will on other people.”