Arguments Against The Vietnam War
In document 29-1, President Kennedy says the United States are fighting in Vietnam because the United States do not want Vietnam to be a communist. Vietnam needs extensive assistance from capitalist states because Vietnam is not capable of defending themselves from the communist. He also says that Vietnam falling to the communism means that the entire Southeast Asia potentially falls to the communism, and it eventually threatens the United States and their allies. Therefore, the war in Vietnam is for Americans to protect their free capitalist ideology. He concludes that “For when freedom is destroyed in one country, it is threatened throughout the world” (RAP 29-1). This statement was one of the most notable arguments that was meant to legitimize what is happening in the Vietnam. However, in reality, it was questionable whether the United States really needed to fight in the Vietnam or not.
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John Kerry, one of the veterans, expresses his idea of what is wrong with the Vietnam War. He says that what threatens the United States is not communists, but the crimes veterans committing in Vietnam. Veterans are not happy with the US keeps fighting in the Vietnam because they are just used to legitimize what the US is doing in the Vietnam is right and just. In Vietnam, there is not such things that threatens Vietnamese, in fact, they do not even know the difference between communism and democracy. Kerry argues that why the US does not stop fighting is that no US president want to become “the first President to lose a war.” Clearly, there is a gap between the government and citizens of the United States. Citizens are not sure about the legitimacy of fighting in the Vietnam, and it is meaningless to continue the war. However, the US government is stubborn to not quit the war because they do not want admit that they made a
John Kerry, one of the veterans, expresses his idea of what is wrong with the Vietnam War. He says that what threatens the United States is not communists, but the crimes veterans committing in Vietnam. Veterans are not happy with the US keeps fighting in the Vietnam because they are just used to legitimize what the US is doing in the Vietnam is right and just. In Vietnam, there is not such things that threatens Vietnamese, in fact, they do not even know the difference between communism and democracy. Kerry argues that why the US does not stop fighting is that no US president want to become “the first President to lose a war.” Clearly, there is a gap between the government and citizens of the United States. Citizens are not sure about the legitimacy of fighting in the Vietnam, and it is meaningless to continue the war. However, the US government is stubborn to not quit the war because they do not want admit that they made a