Payton Diaz
One of the most controversial wars in the history of the United States is the Vietnam War. The war was originally between North and South Vietnam. But the United States soon got involved to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam. In the beginning, people supported the war, Americans believed the United States was doing a good thing by aiding the anti-communists in South Vietnam. But as the war went on, issues like draft dodging, the misleading of the public, and an increase in deaths, both military and civilian, began to change people's viewpoint on the war.
In 1960 many protests and anti-war rallies started because President Johnson wanted to send more troops to Vietnam. In 1965 there were at least 20,000 troops in Vietnam, but by the end of 1965 the number had increased to 200,000. In order to do this, the army used the draft. Most of the soldiers who were drafted were from poor, low-class families, this led to them being mistreated. This affected young men who were being drafted …show more content…
There was no point in joining a war that we had no part in. This caused thousands of U.S soldiers to be drafted and killed for no reason, along with thousands of innocent deaths in Vietnam. President Johnson and President Nixon lied to the American public several times during the Vietnam War. If they had to lie, it was clear we had no plan to end the war or to try and stop it. In John Kerry´s Testimony he states ¨In our opinion and from our experience, there is nothing in South Vietnam which could happen that realistically threatens the United States of America.¨ If that's the case, what part did the United States play in the Vietnam War? What was the United States fighting for? What were they going to gain from the war? Absolutely nothing. The only reason we joined the war was because we have a reputation to keep and so President Nixon won´t be the first president to lose a
One of the most controversial wars in the history of the United States is the Vietnam War. The war was originally between North and South Vietnam. But the United States soon got involved to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam. In the beginning, people supported the war, Americans believed the United States was doing a good thing by aiding the anti-communists in South Vietnam. But as the war went on, issues like draft dodging, the misleading of the public, and an increase in deaths, both military and civilian, began to change people's viewpoint on the war.
In 1960 many protests and anti-war rallies started because President Johnson wanted to send more troops to Vietnam. In 1965 there were at least 20,000 troops in Vietnam, but by the end of 1965 the number had increased to 200,000. In order to do this, the army used the draft. Most of the soldiers who were drafted were from poor, low-class families, this led to them being mistreated. This affected young men who were being drafted …show more content…
There was no point in joining a war that we had no part in. This caused thousands of U.S soldiers to be drafted and killed for no reason, along with thousands of innocent deaths in Vietnam. President Johnson and President Nixon lied to the American public several times during the Vietnam War. If they had to lie, it was clear we had no plan to end the war or to try and stop it. In John Kerry´s Testimony he states ¨In our opinion and from our experience, there is nothing in South Vietnam which could happen that realistically threatens the United States of America.¨ If that's the case, what part did the United States play in the Vietnam War? What was the United States fighting for? What were they going to gain from the war? Absolutely nothing. The only reason we joined the war was because we have a reputation to keep and so President Nixon won´t be the first president to lose a