Truman had to make a tough choice during WWII and at the beginning of the Korean War. Lyndon B. Johnson had a difficult decision to make regarding Vietnam and what course of action we should take. Johnson had the difficult decision of deciding whether the United States would send ground troops to Vietnam in order to protect South Vietnam, which was an ally. Johnson believed that if he did send troops it would turn into another Korea. If he did not send troops it was only a matter of time before the North Vietnamese would take over South Vietnam. I believe that no matter what he decided he would face some backlash. If he did not intervene, conservatives in the US government would call him weak for not stopping the spread of communism. If he did, he would face criticism for supporting a dictator that was killing his own people while most people supported Ho Chi Minh. Even today, the United States is polarized to where when a president does something the other half of the country is against him. It sheds light on how though it is to make decisions that the whole country will be
Truman had to make a tough choice during WWII and at the beginning of the Korean War. Lyndon B. Johnson had a difficult decision to make regarding Vietnam and what course of action we should take. Johnson had the difficult decision of deciding whether the United States would send ground troops to Vietnam in order to protect South Vietnam, which was an ally. Johnson believed that if he did send troops it would turn into another Korea. If he did not send troops it was only a matter of time before the North Vietnamese would take over South Vietnam. I believe that no matter what he decided he would face some backlash. If he did not intervene, conservatives in the US government would call him weak for not stopping the spread of communism. If he did, he would face criticism for supporting a dictator that was killing his own people while most people supported Ho Chi Minh. Even today, the United States is polarized to where when a president does something the other half of the country is against him. It sheds light on how though it is to make decisions that the whole country will be