Vietnam War

            The aggravating and endless war in Vietnam between the North and South Vietnam citizens raised a loud alarm which led to the creation of concern that led to intervention of the United States government (Roark pg 406). The Americans thus came in to help restore peace among the two warring nations through offering the North Vietnam some incentives which would help them to come to a bargain (Roark pg 463). However the war did not seem to stop even with the intervention of the United States government. Overtime so many people both the political class and the normal citizens have been approaching different questions leaving out the relevant questions such as; did the Vietnam War make sense? Was the war winnable and if not why were the Americans there? The Vietnam War correlates to the contemporary wars that are taking place in the current world where to some extent there are the existence of similarities and to another extent there is a great contrast upon the two. So as to understand the comparison and the differences the paper sought to answer some of the questions that emerge.  In an attempt to answer these questions a clear picture on the participants of the Vietnam War will be seen while the daily involvement of the Americans with an objective to bring about democracy.

            According to a statement made by Lyndon Seines Jonson in a press conference held in Johns Hopkins University, April 6, 1965, he tried to explain the current state of our world where each nation is fighting so as to form their destiny and finally securing peace. Thus it is quite clear that we should adapt to this kind of a system as it forms the order of the day for our nations. The war in Vietnam made sense as Northern Vietnams are firm to overpower the Southern Vietnams for greed for power. With this selfish objective they engage in war so as to shape their destiny not minding about the future of the Southern Vietnams.

Nonetheless, the sovereign Southern Vietnams are unwilling to be subdued hence they devote themselves into engaging into war so as to fight for their freedom and to shape their future (Johnson, pg 1)

            The United States governments in their mission to help out in restoring peace to the warring nations like Vietnam they have deployed the military to help in the war of restoring peace. However, in spite of their hard work, the wars still intensify without fruitful results. It is thus evident that the war is unwinnable not till when the groups that initiated the fight decides to stop it. Lyndon Seines Jonson clearly stated that the major reason as to why the Americans are still in Vietnam is the fact that they have a promise to fulfill, which is a pledge to construct and shield the Southern Vietnams liberty. Over the past years the same goal of keeping this promise has been upheld (Roark, pg 883).

            Both the Vietnam and terrorism pose attack to the targeted groups with an aim of attaining some power thus inflicting fear, death and destruction. Both wars are led by selfish gains as what they desire is the same things are required by the attacked group. Terrorism is carried out by a group of certain people with a motive to cause terror while the Vietnam main goal is for conquest. Vietnam War targeted the weak and helpless people in the society such as the peasant farmers, vulnerable villages and the wives and children of the men who have engaged in war for the sake of their country. While terrorism attacks are geared towards large locations with high populations which would ensure that maximum damage and terror has been experienced. Terrorism’s solution majorly lies on political solution as these attacks are directed to the government of a given country while that of Vietnam would require Military solution as their fight is to gain power on boundaries hence two nations were involved who are involved in fights. America has been greatly involved in offering any assistance to the two types of wars.

            Most of the militants are the ones who belong to the average class in America and they are so loyal to their government. This is because they do not have better jobs which they can attend to as the upper class men have better jobs. Hence they are the ones who are deployed to the combat fields in any war whether in Vietnam or in terrorism war.

            Greed for power and for selfish gain are major causes of wars hence a revolution of the mind is needed for all humanity where each and every citizen of a given nation should be able to control the greed and selfish desire. Change starts with us. People should understand that it is futile to fight as fighting against each other is not the solution to our problems but rather people should negotiate and come to a consensus where each party is happy and satisfied with the decision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Johnson, Lyndon B. "John Hopkins University Speech." John Hopkins University Speech (2009): 1.             Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 May 2016.

Roark, James L, Michael P. Johnson, Patricia C. Cohen, Sarah Stage, and Susan M. Hartmann. The             American Promise: A History of the United States. , 2012. Print.

Roark, James L, Michael P. Johnson, Patricia C. Cohen, Sarah Stage, and Susan M. Hartmann. The             American Promise: A History of the United States, Since 1865. Bedford/st Martins, 2012. Print.