Americans, do you disagree with what the USA did in Vietnam?

Question

You know slaughter loads of innocent people

Answer 1

What I do not agree with is all the years and the solders life that was lost and the we pull out and let Vietnam fall anyhow. If we were going to do that we should not have been there in the first place. To answer you question.. what slaughter of innocent people are you talking about. In any war innocent life is lost and that is a fact, but to slaughter loads of innocent people, I"m sure other countries do just that.

Answer 2

It was a time of war, times were different back then. Something had to be done, I bet nobody wanted all the killings to happen. It's difficult to justify the actions committed during a war, but maybe it had to be done. I guess looking back, the United States could have done something different. I don't know. It's kind of like the time when we had to drop the atomic bomb in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, some scientists behind the project decided againts it. They knew all too well what would be the magnitude of the disaster. In the end, we dropped it. Japan surrendered and it ended the war. The cost, innocent people died in the process. I bet at least a few of them didn't even support the war.

Answer 3

A part of history that raises a lot of questions. The Americans should have learned from the French and never got involved, but that hind sight, which we all know is an exact science. At the time the USA thought it was the right thing to do and they did it, along with help and support from quarters all over the world.

I can't imagine anyone is proud of that war, but that doesn;t take anything away from the brave men and woman who lost their lives following orders from their government.

Answer 4

our people or theirs? or both? be specific. america was not the only country involved, just the biggest. and it's a terrible thing you've said about slaughtering innocents. 1. they were not all innocent. 2. a lot of americans died horribly, and very very young
3. or they came back so emotionally scarred and publically ignored that their lives were/are still HELL.

your question leaves much to be explained by you.

Answer 5

Yes, I also think that the whole thing could have easily have been prevented had Truman not been so racist and met with Ho Chi Min after WW2, when Ho tried to meet with him.

The declaration of independence from Vietnam mirrors very closely that of Americas.

I also think that France should carry much of the blame for that conflict as well.

Answer 6

Screw em, it could have been much worse. The Viet Nam war didn't work because it was not fought like WWll. In WWll they went in and destroyed everything in their path. In Viet Nam they were too worried about colateral damage and civiians in an area. and it made for a one sided fight because the Chinese were helping the north and they had no reguard for the civilians.
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Answer 7

disagree 100%
with the AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL
from south east asia
as that directly led to the slaughter of millions under the communists.
'nam was winnable and we were not on the losing side.
lame stream media lied/left lied
and milliond DIED
or were incarcerated in reeducation camps which were equal to hitler's camps.

Answer 8

The question is was it right for the aggressors to slaughter lots of people? Killing to stop the killing makes no sense!

Answer 9

More soldiers commited suicide since Vietnam than the 58,000 that were killed by the policy of our protector-government.

Answer 10

Vietnam,Iraq, maybe Iran next.war brings death it`s the reasons for war that should be questioned.