The Lost War-Vietnam War
The Lost War
I can still imagine the powerful blasts echoing through my grandfather¡¯s mind as he dove for cover in one of our trenches. The year was 1972 and our great nation of Vietnam was at war with the Yankees, the United States. In the end it was a war that we won even though the Americans argue that it was the other way around. The war was not an easy one to win though. Thousands of lives were lost and millions more were impacted. It all began with the United States intervening in our political relations with the North Side of our country. The Americans though it was right to intervene due to the fear they had of our communist regime. Many people still argue that there were other reasons for declaring war and the Americans bought it all only because they believed they were the best, just like they always do. In fact however, they lost thousands of soldiers as this was one of the bloodiest battles ever and it was one of the major wars that was fought inside a foreign country. While the Americans still argue why it is that they lost the war, we the Vietnamese, clearly understand the faults within the American forces; For one, American forces did not take into account the nature of South Vietnam along with other key concepts like the United States¡¯ military strategy and their ¡°self image,¡± which would all lead to a chain of reactions from the American public.
South Vietnam to the United States was like a center where they could control the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. Once the United States had discovered the communist ideas that were being spread in the North, they thought they had enough ammunition to start a war against us. What the United States did not count on though was the weak institutions in South Vietnam. The politics in South Vietnam were full of corrupt diplomats who were working on the inside along with other diplomats who were full of undemocratic ideas. The United States¡¯ beliefs were not supported by...
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