he opinions of many, as to when and why war should be fought. It lists all the things that one should fight against if need be. This war also brings to the forefront the best reason to fight: when a country's way of life is threatened so severely that it brings its knees because of fear. This war threatened the way of life for everyone who was in opposition to the Germans, Italians, and the Japanese. These countries were hell-bent on world domination and would stop at nothing to get their needs meant. With all these examples in front of us of justifiable wars we can now closer examine Vietnam, the most unpopular war Americans have ever been involved with. The reason given to the American public as to why we were sending troops to Vietnam was because we were going to stop the spread of communism is Southeast Asia. A so-called domino effect was developed that led many to believe that if Vietnam became communist then it would spread to Laos, then on to Thailand, and so forth until all of Southeast Asia became completely communist. With all of Southeast Asia possibly becoming communist and the Cold War threats ever present, this developed a fear in some Americans that if the communist take-over continued our way of life here in America would be threatened. But was the American way of life really at risk of being overtaken? Most today think not. It is believed today that the threat of a complete communist takeover was just a scare tactic used to cover up imperialistic intentions to take over Vietnam, similar to the taking of such properties such the Philippines and other various economic acquisitions. The French had taken advantage of this notion only years early until their Asian Empire collapsed. With them out of the way it is believed that the American government saw its chance for economic gain and would hopefully be successful, where the French had not just a few years previous, in overthrowing the Vietcong. After looking ...
