 In response to events in Cambodia , President Nixon believed that there were distinct possibilities for a U.S. response . With Sihanouk gone , conditions were ripe for strong measures against the Base Areas . He was also adamant that some action be taken to support " The only government in Cambodia in the last twenty @-@ five years that had the guts to take a pro @-@ Western stand . " The president then solicited proposals for actions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and MACV , who presented him with a series of options : a naval quarantine of the Cambodian coast ; the launching of South Vietnamese and American airstrikes ; the expansion of hot pursuit across the border by ARVN forces ; or a ground invasion by ARVN , U.S. forces , or both . 
 In response to events in Cambodia , President Nixon believed that <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> distinct possibilities for a U.S. response . With Sihanouk gone , conditions <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> ripe for strong measures against the Base Areas . He was also adamant that some action be taken to support " The only government in Cambodia in the last twenty @-@ five years <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>had the guts to take a pro @-@ Western stand . " The president then solicited proposals for actions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and MACV , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>presented him with a series of options : a naval quarantine of the Cambodian coast ; the launching of South Vietnamese and American airstrikes ; the expansion of hot pursuit across the border by ARVN forces ; or a ground invasion by ARVN , U.S. forces , or both . 
In response to events in Cambodia , President Nixon believed that it was distinct possibilities fir a U.S. response . With Sihanouk gone , conditions was ripe for strong measures against the Base Areas . He was also adamant that sum action be taken to support " The only government in Cambodia in da last twenty @-@ five yrs had tdaguts to take a pro @-@ Western stand . " The president then solicited proposals fir actions from thdaoint Chiefs of Staff and MACV , presented him w a series of options : a naval quarantine of the Cambodian coast ; the launching of South Vietnamese and American airstrikes ; thedapansion of hot pursuit across the border by ARVN forces ; or a ground invasion by ARVN , U.S. forces , or both .