The Vietnam War Continues, But What About Our Economy?
November 27, 1965 - Halfway across the planet, US soldiers are fighting for their lives against the Vietcong Army in North Vietnam. The US military is sending billions of dollars, thousands of weaponry, and relatively new chemical substance called napalm. Napalm (jellied-gasoline explosives) is a popularly used weapon in the war right now. It is causing mass destruction right now, especially when our bombs are being spilled in Vietnam by the thousands. We dropped more bombs on North Vietnam then we did on Germany and Japan in WW2 and we are continuing to drop these balls of destruction.
Many would ask, "Why are we suddenly destroying Vietnam after the government was staying so still about the war?". The reason for these sudden actions is the passing of the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution. About fifteen months ago, an American ship was on a secret mission in the Gulf of Tonkin, although it wasn't supposed to be there. News spread that a torpedo was fired on the ship, but later reports revealed that the fired torpedo was untrue. But President Johnson, who had originally not known what to do with the war, was feeling the pressure from his advisors to get on with finishing off the Vietnam war. So Johnson said that an American ship had been attacked and he got Congress to pass a resolution that let him go to war. On August 7, 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed and the Vietnam War into high gear.
U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. is a POW. POW stands for prisoner of war. We have many Americans (soldiers, government officials, etc.) taken as prisoners in Vietnam. A film was released from Vietnam showing that the Vietnamese were treating the prisoners "well". In real life, many were put in solitary confinement and lost their minds. They were also tortured physically and mentally. International law set standards for prisoners and torture is forbidden. When the truth was revealed, rage was spread throughout the country.
This war, and the entire Cold War so far, has brought a change in civilians' and government's relationship. We are stronger yet weaker in our connections. Our belief in our government's strength for international problems has grown stronger. But during this war, the Vietnam War, the trust we had is crumbling away. After seeing what is happening in Vietnam, many Americans have been shocked, saddened, and devastated. Controversy was bubbling. The videos that contained live footage or the pictures taken from the scene have revealed what the American citizens would be encouraging and so many Americans are not donating or helping out the war at all. The propaganda for this war is not our best very well and many Americans predict that this war will not be a successful turn out for the US. The Cold War is making civilians realize the truth behind the government and our relationship is getting rockier, but in the end will become even stronger then before.
-Henry Gedds, NAN
Many would ask, "Why are we suddenly destroying Vietnam after the government was staying so still about the war?". The reason for these sudden actions is the passing of the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution. About fifteen months ago, an American ship was on a secret mission in the Gulf of Tonkin, although it wasn't supposed to be there. News spread that a torpedo was fired on the ship, but later reports revealed that the fired torpedo was untrue. But President Johnson, who had originally not known what to do with the war, was feeling the pressure from his advisors to get on with finishing off the Vietnam war. So Johnson said that an American ship had been attacked and he got Congress to pass a resolution that let him go to war. On August 7, 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed and the Vietnam War into high gear.
U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. is a POW. POW stands for prisoner of war. We have many Americans (soldiers, government officials, etc.) taken as prisoners in Vietnam. A film was released from Vietnam showing that the Vietnamese were treating the prisoners "well". In real life, many were put in solitary confinement and lost their minds. They were also tortured physically and mentally. International law set standards for prisoners and torture is forbidden. When the truth was revealed, rage was spread throughout the country.
This war, and the entire Cold War so far, has brought a change in civilians' and government's relationship. We are stronger yet weaker in our connections. Our belief in our government's strength for international problems has grown stronger. But during this war, the Vietnam War, the trust we had is crumbling away. After seeing what is happening in Vietnam, many Americans have been shocked, saddened, and devastated. Controversy was bubbling. The videos that contained live footage or the pictures taken from the scene have revealed what the American citizens would be encouraging and so many Americans are not donating or helping out the war at all. The propaganda for this war is not our best very well and many Americans predict that this war will not be a successful turn out for the US. The Cold War is making civilians realize the truth behind the government and our relationship is getting rockier, but in the end will become even stronger then before.
-Henry Gedds, NAN
