How did the Americans view the Vietnam War? An American netizen raised this question.
The Vietnam War (1961–1975) was a U.S. war of aggression against Vietnam that began with an armed struggle by the Vietnam People's Army led by the Communist Party of Vietnam in northern Vietnam to overthrow the U.S.-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, which later led to the direct participation of the United States and its allies. The war plagued Vietnam for years, causing heavy casualties and property damage, while having a significant impact on U.S. domestic politics and international standing.
What do Americans think of this war, where happiness and education are paramount?
On the American Q&A community, an American netizen raised this question: How do Americans view the Vietnam War?
This question has attracted many answers and onlookers from foreign netizens, let's take a look at a few typical answers:
The American, who lives in Vietnam and goes by the screen name Cameron Williams, replied:
This is a trap. An unsuspecting soldier would step on a sharpened bamboo skewer and be pierced in the leg and foot, causing serious injury. Many of the sharp sticks are coated with feces to ensure that serious infections can follow.
While the traps themselves did not kill many people, they were very good at slowing down entire forces and destroying the morale of American troops, which influenced the decision of the United States to withdraw from Vietnam.
In other words, the Vietnamese defeated the most powerful and technologically advanced army in the world with and bamboo. You have to have a little respect for such feats.
Now I live in Vietnam. At first I was reluctant to come here, and I didn't think the Vietnamese would welcome Americans to their country again. What I found was the opposite, Vietnamese are the friendliest and most welcoming people I have ever met.
They are friendly not only to their own words, but also to their "shit". They paid me a lot to teach them English which was shocking. Don't get me wrong, it's not an altruistic act because they know that learning English is good for their children.
I used to live in Latin America, and although they were friendly, there was always anti-American sentiment throughout the region. Engage with anyone educated there, and sooner or later you will hear about the CIA and how the United States became the source of all their problems.
Compare Vietnam. We have dropped more bombs on them than almost any other country on Earth, but a new generation welcomes us with open arms. They achieved economic development without the help of the United States. They did it themselves. The Vietnamese are also the hardest-working, smartest, and most cunning people I have ever met.
A retired American veteran who goes by the screen name Paul Kelley replied:
Vietnam? That's in the Middle East, isn't it?
Were we fighting the Germans (or maybe the Russians) then?
We won that war, didn't we?
What is Vietnam?
Major U.S. involvement ended before 1947. Too new for the history books, and too old for those who fought in them in direct contact. Coupled with the endless wars in the Middle East and a general lack of interest and general ignorance of history (and even their own) among Americans, most Americans do not know as much about Vietnam as they did about World War II. Most of my grandchildren knew that I was in the war (3- and 5-year-olds did not know), but did not ask. My daughter asked me to write about what I did. She wondered, however, that there was little interest in others.
A retired American watchmaker, who goes by the screen name Steven Ashe, replied:
Those of us who lived through the turbulent '60s saw the defeat of the Vietnam War, and at first we were told it was a noble effort. We witnessed the assassination of the President on live television. The next president lied about the situation in Southeast Asia and dragged us into war, while his friends made billions by providing war toys to American soldiers, while also lying about why they existed in Vietnam operations. 500,000 U.S. service members went to serve in Vietnam, during which time they never had a chance to end it all.
The president-elect then promised to get out of Vietnam, but more American military personnel died after his election than earlier in that war.
Watergate exposed corruption within the government, and after that, we appointed a Georgia peanut farmer as president, nearly destroying our military.
The cunning Willie let the White House be ridiculous because the Democrats tell us that the economy is booming!
Riots and the burning of the city are believed to have been demonstrations for a reason.
Christian clergy are portrayed as bad people in the film, while Muslim clergy are not subject to criticism of any kind.
Our southern border is an open sieve, and when one family member comes in, somehow, more people can be brought in from the same family.
The wave of illegal drug P, which was all the rage in the 1960s, swept through many rock stars and never abated. The reason the root of the drug P deal went unattacked was that, in a careful search, the trail of money would lead to the top of the bank and politics.
No one has ever said to a little boy, "I want you to grow up like our president!" ”
As the old saying goes: "When I was young, the air was clean and the sex was dirty!" ”
Vietnam? Now, this has been classified as other bad moves by the United States that have been abandoned.
More than 58,000 servicemen died in the Vietnam War, each of which was a tragedy. That being said, American families suffer more than 58,000 deaths in any given biennium in the United States.
In 2018, 67,367 people died from X overdoses in the United States. This suggests that it is safer for a person to be in battle than to party in the United States.
I am a true believer. I sat in many classrooms, serving in the 2nd Panzer Division from 1961 to 1964, listening to how we had a responsibility to stop communism in Southeast Asia and around the world. We studied how to fight the insurgency, and we are the golden boy of the US Army that has not yet yielded. We're just part of the big lie about getting the already super-rich rich. The super-rich won the Vietnam War, and they won every battle American servicemen were sent to. However, there are still enough people who believe and wave the Star-Spangled Banner.
Editor's opinion:
The Vietnam War resulted in casualties and huge costs that had a profound impact on the social, political, and cultural aspects of the United States. This war, which ended in the failed withdrawal of American troops, has been forgotten by most Americans, and we see that some people are reflecting on this war. After all, forgetting history is the real betrayal.
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