Was the war in Vietnam justifiable or not?Why?Should we had gone there?

Answer 1

no it was not, we had no right to go there

at the end of WWII, the French tried to reassert control of Vietnam (the Japanese had driven them out witht he help of the Vietnamese), but they couldn't regain control. The opposotion posed by the Communists was too strong.

The US went in there to basically take over for the French. We did this for two reasons: 1. we feard that if the French were to fail completely and loose Vietnam than it would weaken the conservative government in France and the French Communist party would take over. 2. We feared that other south east asian countries would fall to Communism if Vietnam did.

So we went in saying that we would allow a national election so that the Vietnamese people could choose their own govt. Problem was, we know they were going to vote for the Communists so we never allowed the election, but isntead proped up a very corrupt govt of minority Catholics (since they were a minority, they would stay loyal to us). Eventually even they were not doing what we wanted so we let them get assassinated by rival south Vietnamese generals.

in the end, the Communists were too popular and we lost.

Answer 2

As they say, hindsight is 20/20. We have to take into account what the global situation was at the time that we started sending troops to Vietnam. Kennedy began sending "advisors" to Vietnam in 1962. The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was at its height, and it was only a year before that the Soviets had erected the Berlin Wall. Not only that, but 1962 was also the year that the Cuban Missile Crisis took place. The US believed that it was essential to fight the spread of Communism in order to ensure its own security. Looking back on things, it seems apparent to us that US intervention was a bad idea. However, as I said at the beginning of this post, hindsight is 20/20.

Answer 3

What's the point of your question? That is all past and nothing can be done to change it. If it was justifiable for us to have gone there, was the invasion by the north justifiable? If it was justifiable for the north to have invaded, then it probably was not justifiable for us to have gone there. Why do you skeptics insist on putting the burden of proof on the USA? It takes two to tango------or to fight a war.

Answer 4

The Vietnam war was based on a fear that should Vietnam fall, the other neighbouring countries would fall to communism too.
It was a typical myopic American view.. a sheer waste of resources and look at Vietnam now. Did the neighbouring countries fall? No.
And are they really giving America all the support today? Not really.
Are they communists today? No.
Do they really need American soldiers around them? No
Can they stand on their own two feet? Yes.
America was the very fool they created themselves. Just to act 'Big Brother' as what they're doing to Iraq today.

Answer 5

The way it was started was not justifiable, and Eisenhower and Nixon's introduction of military advisers to help the South Vietnamese from the Communist North was an extension of the policy started by Truman in the 1950's!

Should we have? Probably not, but you know how America feels about Commies!!!

Answer 6

Given the refusal of the American people to support any war that lasts more than three weeks, is any war not of that short justifiable?

Answer 7

It's was as justifiable as a parent who never lets their children learn to walk by themselves. It was not our war - they were no threat to us. We should never have increased our Military Assistance (MAAG) program beyond troops to observe and advise the Vietnamese military.

Once we began sending in real combat troops, July 1965, the American commanders quite naturally were eager to show what they could do and had little patience with their Vietnamese counterparts - what they could do was lose a war and 55,000 American lives and bend the minds of hundreds of thousands of others over being exposed to such massive and arrogant stupidity.

Answer 8

Yes, but we fought the war in a less than intelligent fashion with political interference. Stopping communism was a reasonable goal. Doing it in a manner where you can not win does not show good sense.

Answer 9

It was based on economics. There was not war. We needed one for the economy. JFK and LBJ, being what they were saw the chance for General Dyanamics, Boeing, Dow Chemical, Colt Firearms, etc to contribute money to them. JFK was knocked off so we were rid of him. LBJ made such a huge fortune off of kickbacks that he had to retire to spend it all. Nixon was not much better.
But to quote LBJ, "It's not much of a war, but it is the only one we have."

Answer 10

The reason for any war is justifiable to the warmongers. That what they live for.