Controversy of the Vietnam War
This war has been called one of the worst periods of America’s history. The conflict raging in South Asia took the lives of thousands of American soldiers as well as North and South Vietnamese civilians and military personnel. It was a war that could have been avoided totally if only the military officials in
Washington D.C. had seen what would happen to the country once the war began. In a way, we can be thankful for this war, since it opened up our countries eyes to the fact that our government is not perfect and sometimes does not act on the will of the people. The media coverage of the war brought the people’s attention to this small corner of the world, and an acknowledgement that our enemies are not necessarily inferior to us.
In the years since the war ended, there is still some bitterness towards veterans and the conflict in general. If one were to look at the war from a military point of view, one could see that we did not lose the war. We won every battle, took most of our objectives, and held off numerous North Vietnamese counter-attacks. Yet, the public perceives that we lost this war because of the fact that we left. Well in essence, we did not really lose the war because we downsized and gave power over to the South Vietnamese. Then we left. If we had stayed, we could have very well achieved victory. It was just that the war was very costly and the American public was tired of it.
I feel that the Vietnam war was a valuable war to fight and that what everybody says is very wrong. our military today is fighting in Iraq and the people of Iraq are sing similar fighting styles to that of the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War. So I feel that evrybody should have laid off the Military’s backs and stopped doing whatever they are doing and saying about the military now.
C/SMSgt Batey
AZ-941
“If we had stayed, we could have very well achieved victory. It was just that the war was very costly and the American public was tired of it.” plus why were US military tired of the war in Vietnam? you dont know do ya? let me tell you why.
1) Vietnamese people were tough (they were willingly to die gloriously rather than live shamefully)
2) all of US military’s attack plans were failed. Even the last attack plan ”Linebacker II” failed
3) US kept losing their soldiers, which means many many many more American people lost their loved ones. You must be a monster to not to feel that pain.
4) American people finally realized that US has spent too much money and lives for nothing (Because whatever plan that US military came up was failed, US COULD NOT WIN THE WAR)
5) American had to force the government to stop (If the government hadnt stop, they would have been in a big trouble, American people can be really tough)
6) US military was in a deadlock situation where they could not do anything but withdrew.
And many years passed by, somebody was too stubborn to accept it. If you dont accept the reality, you will never be over it. You will always be living in an unreal world where The US government is a god to you.
Agreed, the war in Vietnam was just as pointless as the war in Iraq we are fighting. America is a pile of shit and the Army is for people with no where else to go, people who can’t get real jobs, people who can’t make anything of value to society, so they must destroy other societies. I hope some country finally destroys us and we can no longer rape the world with our stupid selfish capitalistic ideas. We are killing the world single handedly and I can’t wait to move out of this monstrous country.
@Josh
How the heck can you say that? The Army is for people who feel like they should give back to their country, for people who want to protect their friends and family, as well people who just badmouth them like you. If it wasnt for them, you wouldnt be here right now to complain like an ignorant numbskull. Show your country some damn respect.