The Vietnam War
1.)The statement of ,“The war can’t be won unless the people support it”, is an invalid statement. It appears so that some of the people in America have not supported any war that their military have been involved in, but does that mean that the United States have not won? When one acts upon something without support it does in fact make it harder for them and the situation entirely but do people not succeed? The support of the war helps because then the “war effort” is greater, the supplies provided for the troops is greater, and the probability of winning is in fact greater as well. Yet the entirety of America was definitely not on board during The Vietnam War, there were many a protestors throughout the progression of the …show more content…
When Presidents Kennedy and Johnson described the events in Vietnam as an “invasion” of “South” Vietnam by “North” Vietnam, there is a negative connotation implied as invasion is and can be very brutal between two political powers. Also according to the Webster dictionary liberation is defined as, “ to set at liberty : free; specifically : to free (something, such as a country) from domination by a foreign power”(Webster). Furthermore, when Hanoi describes the war as a liberation of Southern Vietnam from North Vietnam it is presented as much more positive and freeing situation. The significance represented is how the United States views the war as more of a harsh situation versus Hanoi that views it as a noble and more necessary war through their simple word …show more content…
The continuous uprisings and protests from civil rights movements were very common and not unheard of making war protests just as easy and normal of a thing for citizens. Speaking out started to become more and more acceptable and popular among the population therefore war protests only became larger and escalated very quickly. Another thing that continued to fuel the fire for Americans in this anti-war situation is that the clarity of what was happening and why things were happening involving the war was foggy. The government would never give clear statements as to why America was going into war, and rumors circled that put Americans in a defensive state of mind. Continuous reports of things such as U.S. casualty rate increasing, , the new tactics that the North Vietnamese had such as the strong Tet Offensive,, and the necessity for more troops raised alarm for citizens. Because of all of the uncertainty and changes put upon the American people the opposition
1.)The statement of ,“The war can’t be won unless the people support it”, is an invalid statement. It appears so that some of the people in America have not supported any war that their military have been involved in, but does that mean that the United States have not won? When one acts upon something without support it does in fact make it harder for them and the situation entirely but do people not succeed? The support of the war helps because then the “war effort” is greater, the supplies provided for the troops is greater, and the probability of winning is in fact greater as well. Yet the entirety of America was definitely not on board during The Vietnam War, there were many a protestors throughout the progression of the …show more content…
When Presidents Kennedy and Johnson described the events in Vietnam as an “invasion” of “South” Vietnam by “North” Vietnam, there is a negative connotation implied as invasion is and can be very brutal between two political powers. Also according to the Webster dictionary liberation is defined as, “ to set at liberty : free; specifically : to free (something, such as a country) from domination by a foreign power”(Webster). Furthermore, when Hanoi describes the war as a liberation of Southern Vietnam from North Vietnam it is presented as much more positive and freeing situation. The significance represented is how the United States views the war as more of a harsh situation versus Hanoi that views it as a noble and more necessary war through their simple word …show more content…
The continuous uprisings and protests from civil rights movements were very common and not unheard of making war protests just as easy and normal of a thing for citizens. Speaking out started to become more and more acceptable and popular among the population therefore war protests only became larger and escalated very quickly. Another thing that continued to fuel the fire for Americans in this anti-war situation is that the clarity of what was happening and why things were happening involving the war was foggy. The government would never give clear statements as to why America was going into war, and rumors circled that put Americans in a defensive state of mind. Continuous reports of things such as U.S. casualty rate increasing, , the new tactics that the North Vietnamese had such as the strong Tet Offensive,, and the necessity for more troops raised alarm for citizens. Because of all of the uncertainty and changes put upon the American people the opposition