Who Is To Blame For The Vietnam War Essay

From an ethical and moral standpoint, the war in Vietnam was forceful and unworthy of American citizen involvement. If one deems a cause worth fighting for they have the right to fight, and if one deems a cause or a tactic of war unconventional, they have the right to fight against it. This young defendant and his ill knowledge about the subject followed others, burning their draft cards as a sign of nonconformity, not as a threat. He shall be seen as not guilty by the basic unalienable rights, of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. As this war continues raging throughout Vietnam, Americans sit here aimlessly being thrown into a death pit to fight for a cause they barely know anything about. The idea of communism is a blurr to many, and the past “infiltration” of it into American society has left citizens terrified to speak out about their true beliefs on the draft. …show more content…
However, these men were never informed the terror they would have to endure during their time in Vietnam. The power of the enemy is underestimated, and the sanity of the soldiers can’t maintain forever. The My Lai Massacre, that is shown in source D, was a result of American soldiers “butchering” the village of My Lai. The Viet Cong are able to hide in plain sight, the soldiers came into the town to kill every citizen, in hopes they would kill some Viet Cong Members. The defendant is morally uncomfortable with the idea of killing an enemy soldier, and the idea of murdering citizens is more than the mind can fathom. The Vietnam war was not only a fight at home and abroad, but between the individual soldiers; morals versus orders. Those who have chosen to not conform to society, such as the defendant, do not deserve punishment. The defendant has followed and fought by his rights, demonstrated his intentions in a peaceful protest, and stuck by his moral