Images Of Vietnam
The United States of America prides itself as the self proclaimed leader of the free world. Since the end of World War II the United States has chosen to use force in order to insure this so called "freedom" of other less fortunate nations who do not have the ability to defend themselves. According to the United States these infieor nations "freedom," has been in jeopardy since the beging of the cold war. Webster's dictionary defines a democracy as a government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. Since the start of the cold war, the United States has undertaken the policy that if you are not a democracy than you are not truly free. *~The government wants use to think that a democracy is pure and good where as a communist society is corrupt and harmful. The fact remains both a forms governments to control the inhabitants and to lead them so that their life might become better.~* The United States gives its citizens the right to periodicly elect their leaders. When the United States entered Vietnam after the French lost the war in 1954, why did it feel, it was necessary to choose to fight
destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin on Agust 2nd and 4th gave President Johnson all the power he needed to stage an all out war against Vietnam without the use of Congress right to declare war. Durning August of 1961 SEATO devloped a plan in which 90,000 troops from Briatian, France and the United States would be nessasary to end the conflict in South Vietnam. He continued on to explain to the American people if Loas fell to communism it would lead to a domino effect in the rest of Asia and soon onto the rest of world. On November 22, 1963 Kennedy was assinated and marked the time for new a leadership, a President which had not yet been elected by the American people. In Eisenhowers last full day in office included a meeting between the Presedint elect and his Cabinet, Eisenhower explained main area of concern was Southeast Asia. And if nessacarry then as a last desperate hope, intervene unilaterally. military role would be limited to providing training and logistical support. Complemented with Johnson's oppent, Goldwater, who was pushing for the use of limited tactial nuclear assult on North Vietnam. McNamara studies extend from University of California at Berkley then to the Harvard business school. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution occured in August of 64 and even McNamara tries his best to discredit any wrongdoing or forgeries that may have occurred. The United States felt if it did not show strength fortitude and intiative in SEATO that it would lose its position in NATO. The overthrow of Diem was planed and instramented by the U.
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