While America was one of the anti-communism nations, they plotted ways to prevent the freedom stricken government from spreading. Even though America and it 's people were not in favor of communism, the nation had been issued an unfortunate moral dilemma. With the Cold War taking place, the Soviet Union consumed America 's focus due to the tension between the two nations. A portion of the U.S. population had felt as if the war was unnecessary because Vietnam 's conflict was not intended for the participation of the U.S.. Protesters flooded the streets of metropolitan cities in hope for an end to the war. These protesters banned together to protest the war, in hope of eliminating the government 's thought of entering into war. These people
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Such an immense victory to the Communists might well undermine the will of free peoples on other continents to defend themselves." Secretary Dean Rusk made an ethical statement considering the prevention of communism. He made a valid point that exemplified the potential of a negative outcome for America if we were not to intervene in war with North Vietnam. An American journalists during the time of the Vietnam War, James Burnham, gave a prime example on what the results could be if America were not to enter into warfare and stop the expansion of communism. He began with “Communist domination of all Vietnam(thus,automatically, of all Indochina) would mean hostile control of the primary maritime passage between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Communist power would outflank the rest of the Southeast and South Central Asia. Conditions for U.S. commerce would progressively worsen, as in all areas subject to Communist control or influence. But the most damaging result would be the still further loss confidence in (and fear of) U.S. integrity and power.” The notorious journalists predicted the out come of the nation 's …show more content…
Their thought was that if we were to appear weak to our rival nations, America could have an increase in chances of being invaded. The possible outcomes that could result from a lack of presence in Vietnam struck the congress man. They did not want to risk the spread of communism around the world which, in result, congress had a vote whether to go to war or not. The group that discussed this topic visioned it further into the future, as to what dangers are bound to post a threat to the U.S. rather than visioning the results within the next week. With the decision made, President Truman concluded the meeting with “ 'I guess we 've got no choice, but it scares the death out of me. I think everybody 's going to think, 'we 're landing the Marines, we 're off to battle.
Such an immense victory to the Communists might well undermine the will of free peoples on other continents to defend themselves." Secretary Dean Rusk made an ethical statement considering the prevention of communism. He made a valid point that exemplified the potential of a negative outcome for America if we were not to intervene in war with North Vietnam. An American journalists during the time of the Vietnam War, James Burnham, gave a prime example on what the results could be if America were not to enter into warfare and stop the expansion of communism. He began with “Communist domination of all Vietnam(thus,automatically, of all Indochina) would mean hostile control of the primary maritime passage between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Communist power would outflank the rest of the Southeast and South Central Asia. Conditions for U.S. commerce would progressively worsen, as in all areas subject to Communist control or influence. But the most damaging result would be the still further loss confidence in (and fear of) U.S. integrity and power.” The notorious journalists predicted the out come of the nation 's …show more content…
Their thought was that if we were to appear weak to our rival nations, America could have an increase in chances of being invaded. The possible outcomes that could result from a lack of presence in Vietnam struck the congress man. They did not want to risk the spread of communism around the world which, in result, congress had a vote whether to go to war or not. The group that discussed this topic visioned it further into the future, as to what dangers are bound to post a threat to the U.S. rather than visioning the results within the next week. With the decision made, President Truman concluded the meeting with “ 'I guess we 've got no choice, but it scares the death out of me. I think everybody 's going to think, 'we 're landing the Marines, we 're off to battle.