The Vietnam War: Dodging The Draft

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The Vietnam War was one of the most memorable and controversial wars. We think of the Vietnam War as a brutal fight against the murderous, bloodthirsty North Vietnamese but they see us the same way and even worse. The Vietnam war started in 1954 and ended in 1975. It happened in Vietnam which is in Indochina and is near Cambodia and Laos. It was a war between the North and South Vietnamese with Russia and Communism on the North’s side and America and Democracy on the South’s side. Some people thought the war was unethical and therefore wanted to avoid it, others felt the need to come to America’s aid and help fight. So you had to make the choice on whether dodge the draft or not. Dodging the draft means either you don’t enroll in the draft …show more content…

As it states in Document B, “It seems now more than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate…” This means that the longest war that Americans have worked so long to win will end in a tie. 58,220 Americans died during the Vietnam War so that’s about 2,911 Americans dead every year. Imagine how the numbers would add up. Seeing this guides me towards the decision to dodge the draft. Another piece of evidence that supports dodging the draft can be found in Document D, it's a picture of a tiger with the label Vietnam across it's back. On the tail you can find the ex-president LBJ barely hanging on. This shows that the tiger (North Vietnam) is uncontrollable so we can't possibly over power the tiger. This panel is trying to show that the war is unbeatable. Document I is an excerpt from Senator Eugene McCarthy. In the article it recites, “...In 1966, 1977, and now again in 1978 we hear the same hollow claims of victory…” This line means that the army officials are trying to keep America’s hope up by telling citizens that “we’re going to win” or “we’re almost there!” when there isn't any evidence to support the claim. This contributes to the idea that the war is unwinnable because the fighting forces are trying not to show how badly the war is going on America’s side. Furthermore, all of this evidence points to the fact that the war is

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