There were far too many of you dying, You see war is not the answer.
Take the time, so you can see how distorted is our history. What was really going on? Yeah, what was really going on:
There were nearly 70,000 US soldiers who died to cover foolish nationalistic pride. You know Nixon lied, LBJ tried. But LBJ with McNamara at his side, caused way too many soldiers & civilians to die. US Troops were sent without Congressional consent. And, the hawks in office hoodwinked our naivety. There was pushback but the war took so many lives & destroyed whole countrysides.
The Ken Burns Viet Nam doc. is a compelling, informative & interesting look from multiple perspectives by interviewing those who experienced the war 1st hand either on the battle front or the home front. Interviews were poignantly made by US Vietnam vets, North & South Korean soldiers during the war, Amer. families who lost loved ones and Amer. war protestors. This doc. is essential watching to remember, honor, respect those who served and to be reminded of how senseless and insanely cruel our involvement proved.
The Vietnam War exhibit at the NY Historic Soc. 1945-1975, details the timeline of event that got us embroiled in this country's civil war that we should never have entered. Truman who dropped two Atomic bombs on Japan, had formed a carapace against humanity and a proclivity for promulgating military attacks. At the end of WWII, the US was positioned as the world's leading power. The French were colonizing Vietnam 1946-54. North Vietnam had come under Communist ruler Ho Chi Minh who planned on uniting Vietnam under his rule. In 1954, the Geneva negotiations construed the 17th parallel dividing the country. The French wanted US assistance to assure a democratic south. Truman sent in the first troops in 1950. The US was responsible for financing 80% of the French Indochina War. The French bailed out (wisely) in 1954. It was agreed during the Geneva negotiations that in 1956 Vietnam would hold a nat'l election for the country to determine its own government. An election that Pres. Eisenhower surreptitiously blocked fearing a win by Ho Chi Minh. JFK took up the reigns of war. Both he & Ho Chi Ming were assassinated in Nov. 1963. LBJ advised by Westmoreland & McNamara kept peace at bay.
Read the inscriptions soldiers put on the zippo lighters carried into Vietnam. "Please don't tell me about Vietnam. I've been there". "Probably 80% of the people couldn't find Vietnam on a map and I was one."
When did the nomenclature "Vietnam Conflict" get renamed for what is was, a War?
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