where I left off rather than starting from square one in someplace that would never truly be home.People thought that the sacrifice of being drafted so they could come back home with honor instead of hiding out would be worth fighting for. I think that if people knew the wars full implications then they might be thinking twice about that decision. Many of the veterans that went to the war describe it in the same way. They thought that it was one of the lowest places on earth. Moral standards were at all time lows in that place what was shocking in the states seemed to be routine in Vietnam. Horrifying, gory, fear, black, wet, shrapnel, sludge, quiet and boom were all words used to describe Vietnam. Realistically speaking the stakes of this war werent as high as predicted. In my opinion of the domino theory as being the sole reason for American involvement in the war is a weak excuse. I say this because I dont think that communism would have been a threat in these underdeveloped nations which according to geographic location posed even less of a threat to the United States and the other strong democratic nations of the world. What makes this war a further tragedy was that it became a test of the presidents pride. It seems as if the majority of the reason for being in the war had shifted from the motive of the domino theory to the even more disgusting prospect of not ending the war because Nixon didnt want to go down as the first president to lose a war in the history of the U.S. despite protesting at home and advisors telling him that it was a war that America could not win. Of course its easy to say this knowing what I know now and not being able to fully relate to the norms and values of Americans during this time. Living back then I would have protested the war because in my opinion war should be a form of defense and that defense doesnt include sending U.S. soldiers half way around the globe into deadly foreign territory...
