The Veitnam War, The War at Home.?

Question

Why did we go into 'nam? (I need oppinions, backed up by facts.)

Was is a "civil war" that we had no right of getting invalved in.

or...
did we really want to stop the spread of communism.

I just dont understand it, it seems ridiculous. Whos lying.? whats their to hide...why is the truth hidden. what went wrong. who was remebers that 60s era (famous for the counter culture, the yerning for peace, yet hidden by a war that "tore our nation apart").


HELP!

ok, for all you the wondered. I did do research and am extrodanirally interested in this topic.

1. I think that our political leaders do not know when to be bystandered or a resucuer. Weve made mistakes in the past and im not sure if Nam was one of them. If we didnt get involved, would comunism really had taken its toll in asia. In some cases, for instance Hitlers rule, the whole anti-semetic deal, we did nothing & millions of people were killed. So why was 'nam any different.?

2. Hippies/anti-war protesters.
you know you can look at them two ways...
as if they were an "aid" in bring home our troops.
or cowardly fools, thats feared the draft.

personally, i believe its a little of both. Their impact, was note-worthy. and not all of them were pot smoking, greatful dead junkies (with the acception of a few).


WAS NAM COMPLETELY NESSASARY? what did we get out of it...the only thing i see we got out of it was dead troops.

But what do i know?Im just asking the question.

Answer 1

I think the cover story was to prevent the spread of those dirty commie rats. Or something like that. I do remember that the French pulled out of 'nam about 1954 and Eisenhower sent advisers to help the South Vietnamese to fight the Viet Cong. I think Kennedy sent some more and Johnson went ape ****. He escalated the war and the North Vietnamese became involved. What went wrong, with every escalation, so did the other side, the war dragged on and people got wary of why we were involved, another thing was the draft, many people were opposed to it. That began the peace marches and burning the draft cards, make love not war movement. The music at the time turned anti-war with the Beatles and others. I think it was the Tet (a Vietnamese holiday) offensive that really turned he tide. I think that must of happened about 1970 or so. We thought we had the war won and all of a sudden we were under fire from all sides. It really is complicated but I think the shooting of our own people at Kent State and a southern college made people that were for the war against, these were college age kids that were shot, some of them was not even involved in the protest they were just cutting through that way to get to class. It was all sad really. There are many parallels with the war in Iraq.

Answer 2

War is never a way to answer a question. But men have been at war for years. The questions you are asking were asked the day that war started. The thing is men and women were following orders from our government. The 60,s were about a lot of wars. Women wanted there right to be what ever they wanted to be. The door was opened for drugs to be sold here in the US. So you tell me was the war a cover up so other things could take place. Most of the time war is about money and power. I grew up watching but never took part in the repair of what happen back then but now I am going to try and correct that part of my life. I do not know how old you are but that war is over for most part. But what are you going to do about the war we are in right now. This war is over a lot more important thing then Nam was and even has clearer reason why we should not let it be covered up.

Answer 3

VIetnam involvement started indirectly during WWII when folks like Ho Chi Min helped rescue downed American pilots from the Japanese.

Following WWII , France tried to reassert their dominance and colonial control (They had forced themselves on the place in the 1850's) but the Vietnamese wanted to be free- they were fierce nationalists,

This led to Diem Bine Phu, which was the trurning point in the Indo China war in 1953- where the Vietnamese defeated the French (which were being primarily funded by America).

The key to it was that to secure France's assistance and support in the Cold War- America began playing a role in Vietanm which gradually grew to full fledged ownership.

Eisenhower put forth the domino theory and Kennedy started a limited growth in the advisor program, but under Johnson it grew from a few thousand to a Half a million American soldiers- with 1967 being the the bloodiest year, followed by the Tet Offensive in 1968 when the Vietnamese scored a major politcal victory by convincing Americans that the war could not be won.

Johnsons mandate was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) where it was claimed North Vietnamese attacked American ships- no actual War was ever declared.

One school of though on America's error was that the US saw the Vietnamese as a Soviet PAwn- when in fact the Vietnamese were playing the Soviets off of the Chinese etc, and were really all about Nationalism as opposed to towing the Comintern line.

So I would say you would need to look at Vietnam in the context of the Cold war and other proxy wars leading up to it like Korea (and after like Afghanistan) and that it was not a simple single act- but a slowly developing and spiraling situation where motives and purpose changed and fluctuated.

Answer 4

If you actually research you will find:

North vietnam and South Vietnam were divided acter the French War. South Vietnam wa supposed to be non Communist. The shooting hadn't even stopped when the Communist in the South formed the Viet Cong.
The Original US Advisors replaced the French helping the South Vietnamese Government form an effective Army.

By 1964 it had become obvious that There were North Vietnamese Units assisting the Viet Cong, that was the
Violation which triggered the US sending ground ncombat Units into South Vietnam

I hope that helps you

Answer 5

As mentioned, the Vietnam (notice the spelling) "War" was not a war it was a police action, something that the US doesn't do well.

We had CIA operatives in Vietnam in the early 50's when the French were there. It started out as a plea from South Vietnam government and the French to help train their troops to fight against Chinese expansion.

Just like the Middle East police action, the American public is loosing its resolve to see it through. Politically driven media funded by either Rep or Dem sponsors spew out all sorts of irrelevant "facts" and scenarios depending upon what the "bosses" want and the American public swallows it.

Really the Middle East conflict is a mere shadow of Vietnam where we lost over 50 thousand soldiers in 10 years of conflict. This is not to make light of the over 3000 that have died in the Middle East in the last 4 years but just to compare and contrast.

I believe that this is a three fold conflict; the first is to secure oil (by making Saudi Arabia and Kuwait feel that their body guards, us are doing their job), second, to take the action to the Islamic terrorist on their turf and not our own and third, to get America's attention off from the FREE TRADE issue that is destroying out middle class and the illegal alien invasion that is destroying our country.

I fought in Vietnam and didn't run to Canada or grow my hair long, not shower and chant anti-Amerian slogans which provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Was I right or wrong? Who knows?

Answer 6

To overcome the communist takeover of South VietNam.
Yes, so it wouldn't spread throughout Asia.
Unfortunately, we fought the war with little to know support from the public. This turned the war sour. Too many cowardly whiners back home and politicians with no manhood.
Sorry to say, with all the Sniveling Cowards wanting to be Anti- War Hippies, in 2007, we are heading down the same road.
Al that crap about supporting the troops, yet opposing the war. HOGWASH !!! Either you support 100% or you don't..Simple. Can't do both. Anti war and anti administration, causes bad moral and can cause our troops to lose their sprit. We will win the war, unless the liberals lose it for us.

Most of our current leaders were those counterculture freaks, and are having flashbacks.

Answer 7

because of the click, it grew to become into and nevertheless is seen further information worth to checklist something undesirable or a 0.5 fact. additionally the certainty that when the deaths on our element began to boost into the tens of hundreds all of it began to impression further and further human beings right here interior the U. S.. like all conflict that is going directly to long human beings initiate asking and desiring solutions. little or no or any good information grew to become into pronounced interior an identical way a 0.5 baked heart wrenching tale of a few unfavourable civilian, generally infants getting harm or killed grew to become into. additionally the distinctive human beings drafted made it a element to make issues sound worse then it grew to become into purely because of the fact they have been so bitter for being drafted. and prefer in any conflict you are able to have some people who recover from excited and after seeing their acquaintances loss of existence they substitute into very chilly and do issues they typically wouldn’t. So don’t seem for every physique reason because of the fact there isn’t, it grew to become right into a mix of what i discussed above and lots extra. __________________________________ purely because of the fact “Erudit” under grew to become into in no way in a concentration camp i assume he might say there grew to become into no Holocaust. in line with danger he grew to become into fortunate and had a pal Like Kerry to protest the conflict with. the element is many Vietnam Veterans the place regarded down on, some extra then others and additionally reckoning on what element of the country you have been in. So don’t talk for the entire while your element of the few.

Answer 8

look up GOLF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION, the NVA attacked some of our ships with little gun boats and then congress passed the golf of tonkin resolution so we could fight in Nam, we wanted to stop communism because of the "domino theory" which is communist countries knock out one country and it goes to another like a disease.

Answer 9

a place was needed,far from home,where the,up until that time,unchallegened spread of thr red menance had to be stood up to....SE ASIA was a vital source for rubber and we hadnt invented synthetic rubber and so it was decided thatthe internal struggle between free and red had to be dealt with and so the ussr and AMerica were bale to square off in a convential war and fight it out...bad idea,bad decisions,bad ju-ju and lots of dead troops....