ged, According to George B. Tindall and David E. Shi, America’s opposition to the advancement of communism anywhere in the world. This goes back to moral authority, why would we control another countries fate, and even over a political ideology such as communism. President at the time Lyndon B. Johnson believed that, “to leave Vietnam to its fate would shake the confidence of all these people in the value of American commitment.” Americas confidence in its’ political leaders and as a country itself is an important factor to consider. For example, when America beat the Russians to the moon American moral was at an all time high. Although not many people probably understood the containment theory, not upholding a promise that a country had made to itself would undermine the very existence of making a policy in order to protect our country and the citizens of our country. If America did not defend what it believed in how are the people supposed to believe in America?My impression of the war changed immensely after reading how wide spread the negative support the war was receiving from American citizens. The political leaders of our country came under intense heat from American citizens as well as surrounding nations. President after president avoided being charged with the loss of the Vietnam War. The war gave many potentially good presidents a bad name due to the overwhelming number of war ending support. According to Tindall and Shis’ , The Tragedy of Vietnam, President at the time Lyndon B. Johnsons’ popularity declined to 35 percent. In 1968 the average spending on every enemy killed was 322,000 dollars, and by this time over 58,000 American officers serving in Vietnam had been killed in action or remained missing in action. This was evidence enough that had Americans screaming for an end to the war. These are the types of things that go on in war that no one can make sense of, all of th...
