Vietnam War Justifiable
Was American involvement in the Vietnam War justifiable? Beginning on the first day of November in 1955, the second Indochina War was fought between North Vietnam, who was communist, and the government of South Vietnam, that was anti-communist. For the most part the war was fought in the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, and lasted approximately 20 years. There is a large debate amongst many people about whether the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam war is justifiable or not, but it is clear that their actions led to many more negative effects than positive ones. These effects hurt both the United States as well as Vietnam. One significant reason that American involvement was unjust is that it left many veterans with mental illnesses, which they struggled with for the rest of their lives. Another large reason that the United States should not have been engaged in the Vietnam War is that a large amount of the American population was against the idea of it, causing internal conflict as well. Although most of the effects from the American intervention in the war in Vietnam turned out to be negative, there is still a positive impact it had for the
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It ended up being the cause of mental illness for many of the Vietnam veterans, who struggled to return to normal life, as well as causing death and injuries to thousands of soldiers; it also caused an uproar in the citizens of America who weren't fighting in the war, because they strongly disagreed that U.S. troops should have been part of the Vietnam war, which led to revolts and protests against the United States government. Although U.S. involvement had one benefit, being that it led to some Vietnamese refugees being able to flee to the United States to evade grim conditions, this is still not enough to counteract the numerous negative impacts that our affiliation in this war
It ended up being the cause of mental illness for many of the Vietnam veterans, who struggled to return to normal life, as well as causing death and injuries to thousands of soldiers; it also caused an uproar in the citizens of America who weren't fighting in the war, because they strongly disagreed that U.S. troops should have been part of the Vietnam war, which led to revolts and protests against the United States government. Although U.S. involvement had one benefit, being that it led to some Vietnamese refugees being able to flee to the United States to evade grim conditions, this is still not enough to counteract the numerous negative impacts that our affiliation in this war