United States of America, a very young nation in which it achieved the status of being the world’s superpower in terms of economy and military. One of the chapters of American history is the Vietnam War where many critics viewed the war as a waste and opened the debate that America should police other nation’s affairs. One of the strongest critics on this war was Senator J. William Fulbright, he expressed his sentiment by writing the “On the Arrogance of Power”. The article’s aim is to catch the hearts and minds of the readers by using both emotions and logic in order to have a strong claim against the Vietnam War. Senator Fulbright used very strong emotions yet logical reasoning on his article that for sure will strum the strings of heart
…show more content…
Most Americans are understandably shocked and angered to encounter such hostility from people who by now would be under the rule of the Viet Cong but for the sacrifice of American lives and money” (Fulbright, 1966). Senator Fulbright simply explains that America was wasting resources on other countries that were ungrateful. He also mentioned that belief system was also a big factor why America’s way of helping other nations like Vietnam will have no success. One of the logical statements on the article was “The answer, I think, is that "fatal impact" of the rich and strong on the poor and weak. Dependent on it though the Vietnamese are, our very strength is a reproach to their weakness, our wealth a mockery of their poverty, our success a reminder of their failures. What they resent is the disruptive effect of our strong culture upon their fragile one, an effect which we can no more avoid than a man can help being bigger than a child. What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact” (Fulbright,
Most Americans are understandably shocked and angered to encounter such hostility from people who by now would be under the rule of the Viet Cong but for the sacrifice of American lives and money” (Fulbright, 1966). Senator Fulbright simply explains that America was wasting resources on other countries that were ungrateful. He also mentioned that belief system was also a big factor why America’s way of helping other nations like Vietnam will have no success. One of the logical statements on the article was “The answer, I think, is that "fatal impact" of the rich and strong on the poor and weak. Dependent on it though the Vietnamese are, our very strength is a reproach to their weakness, our wealth a mockery of their poverty, our success a reminder of their failures. What they resent is the disruptive effect of our strong culture upon their fragile one, an effect which we can no more avoid than a man can help being bigger than a child. What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact” (Fulbright,