Granted, there is a touch of the absurd in speaking of the present as the "aftermath" of the war in Vietnam. As the battered populations of Cambodia and Laos have discovered, American "peace with honor" in one part of Indochina has meant little more than a change in bombing targets. Nevertheless, presidential proclamations assure us that peace has been made and honor preserved, and during the first two months following the agreement ceremonially concluded in Paris these assurances fell upon our ears with almost the same regularity as the 110,000 tons of bombs dropped on Indochina. As the remnants of a once mighty peace movement can testify, the warwearied public has been only too willing to accept these assurances and close its eyes to the ugly realities that would threaten the welcome illusion.