How Did Various Groups Respond to Australia?s Involvement in
Vietnam War was a different type of war it caused a lot of controversy at ?the time and has since. It was more unpopular than other wars. Therefore a ?large majority of people opposed the war, while others support it. The ?nation was split over Vietnam.?
The groups that opposed the war involved: ?
The reason why the labour Government was against the war is because they ?had no fear of communism or it being a threat to Australia. ?
They thought that young men being forced to go to war was cruel, it ?disturbed their lives. They also thought that the enormous amount of money ?used on the war should be spent on helping Australians and that it was an ?overseas war ? has nothing to do with us.?
There were a number of protest movements that opposed the war including:?
Mostly University students were part of the protests. The reason why they ?were opposing the war is because they considered that Australia is following ?USA blindly, it is not our war and they also didn?t like the idea of young men ?being forced into war and innocent woman, elders and children being killed ?due to the war.?
They are people who had to prove that they are opposed to killing. They ?often live a very tough life ? called cowards. They are opposed to war since ?their religion doesn?t permit violence and because of their moral beliefs.?