vietnam war

The War in Vietnam
In 1954, the United States sent American troops to enter into a war to keep South Vietnam from falling into the hands of a communist leadership.   Many opinions on the war were portrayed during the time.   Some voiced opinions even lead to violence in different areas.
Around the mid-1950’s and 1960’s North Vietnam engaged in a war against South Vietnam to gain control over their government.   During 1964, the U.S. destroyer, Maddox, arrived in the Gulf of Tonkin a day after South Vietnam bombed two islands on the coast of North Vietnam.   North Vietnam fired torpedoes at the Maddox thinking it was part of the raid.   President Johnson used the attack of the Maddox as a way to enlarge war effort by   American troops.
Lyndon B. Johnson stated that we, as Americans, have promised to support the people of South Vietnam.   President Johnson was willing to commit the United States’ military in Vietnam to the point of failure.   He said the reason that the United States took part in the Asian war was to help defend the South Vietnamese’s independence and to build up their country.   He believed that the U.S. was there to strengthen world order.
In the year of   1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower also voiced his opinion on the ongoing war in Vietnam.   He said that America wanted to protect South Vietnam from falling under the North’s communism because of the “falling domino” principle.   This principle stated that if South Vietnam’s government was to fall to communism, then other Southeast Asia countries would also be effected.   As a result of the South being overtaken by communism, the loss of Indochina, Burma, Thailand, the Peninsula, and Indonesia would be taken into effect.
Surprisingly, not everyone agreed to the war taking place in Vietnam.   Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the war was taking advantage of the young men in our country, especially those of his color.   In 1967, King stated, “…We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our...