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Submitted by macey1 on November 18, 2007
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Reasons for the Vietnam War
• Was not the first time America lost – Korean War & War of 1812
• We listen too much to the military in a so called civilian Democracy – military officials predicted victory and an end to the war so many times when it never happened; Also predicted troop withdrawal before further escalation – ha ha ha
• We were replacing the British Empire! We would support anyone who would further our military objectives; we even supported military dictators just because they were anti-communist (sound a little familiar? Like anti-terrorist, perhaps?)
• We believe too much in the body counts – they were exaggerated anyway, and the government lied pretty often; plus who was taking them? Many of those in combat come out with pretty faulty memories of it
• We believed that our superior weapons and technology would eventually secure victory, how could we lose with our weapons and numbers?
• Domino Theory: founded in the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower first uses the term, allies must be protected in a certain area or else the whole area will fall! Well that may work on land, but we were silly to think that it work across the ocean
• The Racial War: we fought w/ a racially desegregated army but still segregated by class; poor classes, which were mostly minorities – had disproportionate enlistments; plus bombs were dropped on people of color – perhaps why we worried about the Phillipines
• "A war for Democracy" – a war to allow people to choose their own government, but we didn't even vote at home
• We also claimed we were just living up to the Geneva Accord – which we didn't sign, and SEACA, we had a right to be there
• Clash of Wills: instead of sitting down and analyzing a situation, it si a clash of wills; a wish to cut through the bureaucracy; we were a cult of violence
Why We Lost
• In WWII people stayed for the duration, not in combat...
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