Vietnam
How the United States got involved with the Vietnam war begins with United States supporting Vietnamese ruler Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam against the North which had just recently fell to communism. The CIA helped Ngo Dinh Diem to win the elections by rigging them, and so therefore he became increasingly dictatorial. About Vietnam Kennedy said, “it’s a test of American responsibility and determination” to prevent communist domination in Vietnam. Because for communism to be successful, everyone must be communist, and they did not want Vietnam to fall to it. Kennedy increased aid to South Vietnam and sent 16,000 military advisers, many of whom saw action in the escalating guerrilla war. Both Kennedy and Diem were assassinated in November, 1963. Lyn
Most citizens at the time would argue with me on the fact that we should be at war. As the war drug on, and the public forgot what we really were out there fighting for, they began to argue that we should not be over in Vietnam, and this is a “waste.” This is because the war went on for so long, people began to forget what this was all about in the beginning. People argue and say that we don’t have to fight this war, but why would the United States send all these troops over to fight? Just for the fun of it? No, they are doing it for the good of our country, those troops were over there fighting and dying for us. That is why I feel this is a weak argument. Probably one of the biggest supporters was the United States government, obviously. But the governm
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