The West felt threatened by Communism too because it caused Russia to pull out of the war, thus losing them a good ally. It made them angry as it disadvantaged them significantly, and was a sudden event that
As opposed to the other superpower, America got directly involved, sending not only financial aid1 but actively participating in the military effort. American involvement in the Vietnam War was an unnecessary commitment which negatively impacted on public opinion of the United States government throughout the world during the 1960’s and turned the civil war between North and South Vietnam into a theatre of operation for the great power rivalry which resulted in increased cold war
Therefore the conspiracists where pointing fingers in the wrong direction. A lot of situations show that bush and Cheney aren’t smart enough to pull off such a conspiracy. Those who believe that the government conspired to perform the attack in 9/11 are mostly socialists or communists .Liberalists do too which is only expected since they tend to mistrust the government and attach conspiracies to an assumed enemy. Those political views emerge from Marxism which has always viewed those who rule as the bad ones. So to the leftists the agencies are the ones who rule and therefore the bad ones, thus of course they’d have to blame them for 9/11.Some overestimate the US government’s abilities to control damage or underestimate the Arab’s abilities to cause it and accordingly they claim that it must’ve been an inside job since the US agencies didn’t stop it.
Armed with this knowledge, the trusted broadcast journalist decided to air grim editorial detailing his own impressions of the war in Vietnam" (pg 120, 121) When he did this editorial his understanding of the war got the public to feel they were being lied to because they had believed we were winning. Even President Richard Nixon believed that the television was something harmful to Americans. In 1971, Nixon even stated that "aside from the communists, our worse enemy seems to be the press." With this understand we
The U.S. had learned its lesson from Vietnam, showing American young men fighting and dying too explicitly was no way to keep public support for a war. It is obvious because of the many attempts at peaceful diplomacy prior to the fighting that America needed to win a quick and decisive victory. Some military experts have even referred to the coalition's invasion of Iraq as a “Blitzkrieg.” As a result, the military payed special attention to limit what the media could see in an attempt to portray the war as “bloodless.” Images of Iraqi vehicles being blown to bits by the coalition air forces were broadasted into the homes of ordinary Americans. These images did just that, the unprecedented nature of the intense, precise, air raids portrayed the war as a one sided
• It has its roots in the Truman doctrine and its goal of containing communism. • Vietnam was a major zone of cold war tension after it defeated the French colonialists and created a new government in the north. • President Kennedy and Johnson thought it was a barrier to the spread of communism throughout the regions, perhaps the world. • Secretary of defense Robert McNamara warned Johnson that failure in Vietnam would result in a “complete shift of world power” with the “prestige and integrity” of the US severely damaged. This lead Johnson to continue with the fight.
Anyone (although public figures were primarily targeted) could have been involved in communist activities – a prevalent fear in the minds of many American citizens – and therefore discriminated against. In view of the horrors of the war, the utter terror derived from the mere thought of America going communist, and the irrationality of the people, many historians chose to view the past with less harsh an eye. Many of America’s past follies were looked upon in a brighter light, as well as its faults made to seem more justified. In view of the foul events taking place, it was a natural reaction to look upon the past in a more positive manner. The cold war, for example, can be viewed a great many ways; however for 2 decades following WWII the Soviets were viewed as the aggressors when plenty of evidence (such as many American missiles facing the border of the Soviet Union from bordering countries) is available to suggest that the Soviets were not the only justified in some of their actions but that the US was the real aggressor at times.
ImperialismOsama bin laden and his followers charged another thing on United Status that the UnitedStates is using his power in the countries where it has military occupation formerly and thegovernments of these countries are alike puppets for it.They also blame that the United States unseat the government who turn against it and denyaccepting his order.There may be others factors about it that why Bin Laden do not like America or hate it. It can bestate that until unless these factors are present the issue of terrorism and insurgency is difficultto resolve. It is also seem that it is difficult to bring any improvement in the politicalcircumstances in the Middle East without resolving such
The American government went out of its way to portray communists as scarier and more not the same as what Americans were. They propagandized the scary aspects of the Soviet totalitarian system. Socialist Soviet became bigger when the World War II created a strong anti-communist movement that was irritated by propaganda. It made American’s fearful and stronger movement to help the United States to against communist states. Anti-communist propaganda brought America several medium including books, pamphlets, comics, films, and radio during the Cold War.
The author also states that the U.S. is unable to prevail in Iraq. I disagree with this as well because you can’t look at the issue as a whole but, rather look at it in different parts. I agree that the U.S. has failed in certain areas pertaining to the war but, it has also done well in others. In conclusion, I agree with the senator more so than the man from The New York Observer. The senator took a much calmer approach to the subject while still getting his opinion across.