their own direction in life. To be able to choose which kind of life to lead. Somethought that if they would just stop fighting things would get better, but that would onlylead to China going from one country to another. We will do anything and everything tohelp, if it is absolutely necessary. For example, President Johnson started to increasethe response to the attacks on South Vietnam by making air attacks. This was onlybecause what they were doing before the air attacks was not doing any good becausethe attacks on South Vietnam were increasing. Johnson felt that this would increasethe confidence of the people in South Vietnam, as well as to convince the leaders ofNorth Vietnam that the U.S. would not be defeated. They would not grow tired. Theywould not withdraw. (pg. 290) This would then show that the only way out is a peacefulsettlement. Young Hum Kim had his views as well. For one, Kim feels that the U.S. put thecontainment wall in regions of Asia which were bound to fail. He felt that this was a badplan. Second, Kim felt that the United States did not take Vietcong along with NorthVietnams strength serious enough. The U.S. felt that they were stronger in all areas sowhy bother trying any harder. They didnt think hard enough about how strong theyreally were. The third oversight that Kim saw was the fact that the U.S. did not seeanything all right with being neutral. If you are not with us, you are against us. (pg.293) He felt that all they were interested in was finding a way to see CommunistNations as being evil. The forth problem according to Kim is The United Statesshould realize that the independence and security of a nation do not always requireWashingtons protection or intervention. (pg294) Kim felt that the U.S. was tooegotistical about their power and the way they used it. Finally, Kim felt that the U.S.jammed itself in the predicament to carry on the struggle, so long as Communismexists in Asia... ...
