ght it very important to achieve peace with honour. This would not only make an end to the war, but also maintain U.S. credibility with friend and foul. He knew that there was no way to achieve peace with honour by handling things in a peaceful manner. The public saw the war as pointless, politically the war was important. Politicians were afraid of the spreading of communism. They saw America as the only country who could prohibit this from happening, and therefor saw it as their duty to do so. Nixon should have gotten some space to actually succeed in doing this. My opinionI think that Nixon handled the war very well. It isnt good if a president uses the public as his advisor. A president should take a political stand, as Nixon did. The public was angry, the war has taken too long, too many lives and was in their eyes pointless. What they said or thought had much to do with their feelings. When they were angry they would easily disapprove of any action of a president that might in some way prolong the war or increase Americas involvement. If America didnt want to help South Vietnam with the use of military, they shouldnt have gotten involved with the war in the first place. Nixon didnt get America involved in the war, Kennedy did. When Nixon became president the war had been going on for some time, he had to finish what Kennedy started. Only if he would go along with all the terms demanded by the North Vietnamese, just to suit the public, the whole war would have been a total waste. Nixon was provided with all the political motivations to use military force against North Vietnam. I think it is therefor a pity that in the end he listened to the public and made concessions. If he hadnt done this, North Vietnam might have broken and America might then have won the war. ...
