The Negative Effects Of Vietnam War

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Good morning, Mrs. Forman and my fellow classmates,

I am Trinity Thompson, as someone who has witnessed the negative effects of war on our country and has dealt with the consequence. America has been involved in many wars that we didn't need to encounter in. The Vietnam war being just one of them is my example of the problem. As one of the biggest countries in the world we should always stay neutral until the problem starts affecting us.

In the past, countries other than America have been brought into wars to fight alongside one country or to try to relieve the problem. One of the biggest examples of this has been the Vietnam war I recently brought up. This war was originally between Japan and Vietnam. It helped Vietnam to not be

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