Who Won The Vietnam War

War has ended the persecution of other for centuries. The importance of war is shown by the freedom of those around you and abroad. Without war countries would be nothing but colonies, ruled by a more powerful nation with an iron fist. Different races would no longer exist because nothing would be done to help them. War is what keeps tyranny and persecution in check. Waging war has the ability to end the tyranny of another country, freeing the citizens affected by an unjust government. If the U.S. had managed to win the war in Vietnam, it could have been different for the “individuals sentenced to ‘reeducation camps’”(Owens 10), by the North Vietnamese government to enforce their communist agenda into their citizens. If the U.S. had been successful, it would have saved thousands of lives including the freedom of all of South Vietnam. Although Vietnam was not successful there are …show more content…
Although Vietnam was seen as a wasteful war, fighting for civilians that did not want them there, Vietnam went through “a minimum of 100,000 summary executions”(Owens 10). If the U.S. chose to not pull out of the war these executions could have been avoided. As I previously stated, war has helped humanity deal with persecution and tyrannical governments many times before, but war is not always necessary. In Vietnam many locals “didn’t know the difference between communism and democracy”(Kerry 2). They wanted the U.S. to be out of Vietnam so they could live peacefully without interference. This would work well if the outcome was not a mass execution of those who lived in South Vietnam and any who helped the U.S. War is a necessary reality to combat persecution and tyrannical governments. Although war is not always the right decision, sometimes it is the only way to make a change in the lives of