During 1969, the Moratorium to End the War protest was filled with 250,000 anti-war activists. Teachers, students, librarians, and doctors all carried banners protesting the war in Vietnam. For the time being, it was the largest antiwar protests. It turned out to be unsuccessful because Nixon escalated the war. In recent times, they’re have been more protests similar to that from Vietnam’s. Although some believe that protestesting is an action to make their voices heard, protesting, on the other hand, can alter positive impact but it does more harm than good because it knowingly damages public property and injures or kills other human beings. To begin with, protesting knowingly damages public property and injures or kills other human
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According to “The Antiwar Movement”, “Protest against war in Vietnam while protesting its own origins, characteristics, and degree of effectiveness, did not represent something new in American Society”. This being said, it is peculiar that the American society is surprised from the big opposition to the Vietnam war because all other American wars, except for World War II, had momentous opposition as well. Operation Rolling Thunder, a code name for President Johnson’s campaign against North Vietnam, was slowly de-escalated because of the intense pressure from the anti-war protests that wanted to reduce American involvement (“An”). This was in response to the many protests that were going on during the war. The anti-war protests weighed heavily on President Johnson leading in part to his resignation. Johnson fought the war with a violent strategy. He thought that through enough bombings of key resource areas, the Viet Cong’s confidence would be destroyed and the U.S. could easily win the war but because of the protests, Johnson “was convinced that anti-war protesters were encouraging the Vietcong and undermining the American cause” (“Freedman”). This was a concern Johnson had and eventually prolonged war. The protests peaked in 1968 during the Tet Offensive. The public outcry of the offensive that followed, “caused a re-evaluation of American policies among many officials in the departments of the state and defense” (“Antiwar”). The antiwar attitudes increased following the Tet Offensive sending waves of shock across the American homefront after Nixon escalated the U.S. involvement into the war, killing large numbers of U.S. lives. President Johnson shocked America with his policies and surprises that were placed on
According to “The Antiwar Movement”, “Protest against war in Vietnam while protesting its own origins, characteristics, and degree of effectiveness, did not represent something new in American Society”. This being said, it is peculiar that the American society is surprised from the big opposition to the Vietnam war because all other American wars, except for World War II, had momentous opposition as well. Operation Rolling Thunder, a code name for President Johnson’s campaign against North Vietnam, was slowly de-escalated because of the intense pressure from the anti-war protests that wanted to reduce American involvement (“An”). This was in response to the many protests that were going on during the war. The anti-war protests weighed heavily on President Johnson leading in part to his resignation. Johnson fought the war with a violent strategy. He thought that through enough bombings of key resource areas, the Viet Cong’s confidence would be destroyed and the U.S. could easily win the war but because of the protests, Johnson “was convinced that anti-war protesters were encouraging the Vietcong and undermining the American cause” (“Freedman”). This was a concern Johnson had and eventually prolonged war. The protests peaked in 1968 during the Tet Offensive. The public outcry of the offensive that followed, “caused a re-evaluation of American policies among many officials in the departments of the state and defense” (“Antiwar”). The antiwar attitudes increased following the Tet Offensive sending waves of shock across the American homefront after Nixon escalated the U.S. involvement into the war, killing large numbers of U.S. lives. President Johnson shocked America with his policies and surprises that were placed on