Joyce Wong
Section A01
Response #5
As the beginning of the article points out, although the Vietnam War was almost 60 years ago, it still impacts the present today. This war is still such a huge impact because this was during the time journalists and reporters were able to report and show the people of the United States what was really happening in the war. By seeing what was really happening in Vietnam, this brought a movement in the people to end the war. Now, we do not see such involvement in the wars as before. Although there are valid reasons why journalists and reporters are not allowed to show the people the real truth of what is happening right now, isn't that going against the freedom of press? Don't the people deserve to know what is going on currently in the war now like back then?
Also, in the article, Andrew Priest notes that "American Public Discourse focused upon learning lessons so as not to repeat the supposed mistakes of the Vietnam era". One of the ways to prevent this is the "Vietnam Syndrome". I believe that this is incredibly silly because no one can really amount "to a set of criteria that should be met if the U.S. is to commit troops to battle". No matter what, no human being can really amount to much horror and violence that happens during war. Also, who determines if the troops meet the criteria?
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