If you were of age in the Vietnam era would you be apposed to that undeclared war?

Question

Today Our young men find themslves in a similar dilema in the fact that they are called to service yet have to witness a divided country. This a tough topic but needs to be discussed
because the US did not start this war but we Damm well need to finish it.

Answer 1

I was around during Vietnam, and I was taught to respect any serviceman, and treat them with courtesy and honor. And I still believe that today.

The intent of the Vietnam War was to stem the tide of Communism in S.E. Asia. The liberal antagonists like "Hanoi Jane" Fonda and her types, fueled the fires against the American soldiers and the war itself. In the end, it was the politicians who withdrew the soldiers from Vietnam. Not because they were not winning in battle, they were. But because they wanted to save their political hides. And it was not the politicians who suffered, but the returning soldiers. They were the ones who had to endure the spitting and the hatred of these despicable, traitorous, people!

On 9/11, we lost over 3000 American civilians. We lost them to another enemy, radical Islam. These Muslim terrorists are commited to their cause, which is to spread Islam throughout the world, and to kill all those who are non-Muslim, and those who support Israel. We have taken the fight to them, but again, there are those in this country who oppose this fight, and would rather bring our troops home in shame, and save their political a**es, then to come home a winner, and eliminate terrorism as a way of life as we know it.

The John Kerry's, Bill and Hillary Clintons, Edward Kennedy's, Nancy Pelosi's, and others like them, want to do just as was done during the Vietnam War. And all those soldiers who gave their lives and limbs to defeat terrorism, will have done so for nothing.

I will always honor and respect those brave men who fought in Vietnam, and also our fine young men and women who fight against global terrorism today. They don't deserve what is being done to them. And I will oppose anyone, with the last fiber in my being, who dishonors any one of them!

Yes, let's finish the "damned" job!! And then bring those kids home to the best victory parade we can throw for them!

Answer 2

I had a draft card but wasn't called.

The soldiers in Iraq, however tough the call, are still volunteers. They knew they were going into military service when the enlisted. That's a HUGE difference from being drafted.

They are also serving in a war that the President and COngress fully approved.

As for Vietnam, I didn't agree with the tactics at the time,.but I did agree with the goal and would have gone if called.

Answer 3

False premise on your part.

I had a draft card and a high lottery number in the second year of the lottery. 2 older brothers were drafted.

Today entire military is volunteer. If you have any doubts about anything military, don't join. Back then, there was only 2 choices, go to military or Canada.

What war? There hasn't been a war with the US military involved since WW2. Everything since then has been a conflict.

We need to be in Afghanistan. Iraq is just stupid and the President let his ego get in the way of protecting his daddy.

Answer 4

If I was alive in the Vietnam era, I probably would have been against the war...but I would not have publicly protested it, as long as I was the same kind of person then that I am now.
But...something that most people don't remember is that Vietnam ASKED us for help. We didn't just go in with our guns blazing because we could. My nature is such that I would have felt sorry for the plight of the Vietnamese, while hating the carnage that ensued as a result. Fifty-eight thousand American soldiers killed is a mind-boggling number, though it comes nowhere near the amount that were killed in WWII.

Answer 5

I would be opposed to the Vietnam War. This is a war that shouldn't have been fought in the first place. Most Americans including Vietnam Veterans who fought on that war only know the history of the Vietnam War during the time period of the American involvement on that war. But very few know that the Vietnam War is the culmination of wrong American and French policies that started with the French colonization of Indo-China, the Japanese occupation of Vietnam, the handing over of Vietnam back to French colonial rule after WW2, the Vietnamese fight for independence, Pres. Harry Trumann ignoring Ho-Chi-Minh's plead for U.S. help in gaining Vietnamese independence from French rule, Ho-Chi-Minh's subsequent request for help from Russia and China, the war to oust the French from Vietnam, America coming to the aid of the French, America continuing the war for the French, America's greater involvement in Vietnam, etc.. Most Americans only know the history of the last part (America's greater involvement in Vietnam). I suggest that one study the whole history of Vietnam to gain insight on what led to what became known later as the Vietnam War.

Answer 6

I am a Vietnam veteran, wounded twice and as I saw it my job was to do my duty and keep my mouth shut. I didn't much care for the war protesters, they sullied the memories of some of my dear friends who didn't comeback. We didn't define the mission, our job was to carry it out. It sucked that we were treated like second class citizens for serving our country at that time. To add insult to injury the government that created that Vietnam policy "Gave it up" and we all know how the story ended.. If your going to stick your troops in any war, declared or undeclared you best be ready to finish the fight using all materials at your disposal

Answer 7

War against other countries is not valid if it is against unreasonable circumstances such as in Vietnam because of the hostility against communism and in Iraq because of WMDs when none was found.

Answer 8

I would oppose it still.

And no, we aren't going to finish it.