Tony Tran
Section 2
Week 5
In
the article “From Saigon to Baghdad” by Andrew Priest, there was a notion that
was discussed in great detail: The Vietnam Syndrome. It explains how the United
States was so scarred from the loss in the Vietnam War, that there were
psychological implications that occur even into recent years.
The Vietnam War seemed to be a positive lesson for the
U.S. It taught us to have a just cause, wholehearted public support, and congressional
support.
But I also want to mention that we must not only
understand the Vietnam War as a lesson about life type of thing, we need to
look in the micro scale. We need to see all of the pieces of the Vietnam War
puzzle that makes it as devastating as it was. Personally, until the Asian
Pacific Culture Week’s film screen on the last days of the Vietnam War, I never
knew so much happened and I finally noticed how much US history is essentially
covered up due to shame or humility.
In the end of the day, what must be acknowledged is
that it wasn't only the President’s fault in the failures. I just wanted to say
that the media and the congress have as much or more fault in making wars worse
than they are. The congress, in my eyes, are always too slow and cannot make
decisions when they count. The media may be showing truths, but it also spreads
even more lies and chaos to the people. We the people, as US citizens, need to get
the real facts, make well-informed decisions, and step up to take
responsibility that the US can not only sow, but grow the seeds of hope to
other countries.
My question is if wars are worth fighting for? Is the
US really good enough to be helping every country in need?
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