What does Vietnam have that we need? Rubber? If you can get a car to run on Rubber then by all means take over Vietnam, but CARS don't run on rubber!!! All those who agree with me, good job, and all those who disagree...I don't like you.
Alex S.
"After a hard day's work diggin' up the sod, we're ready for chow."
Friday, May 12, 2006
Was it all about RUBBER?
This week we talked about the war in Vietnam. We talked about it's parralellism to the Revolutionary war, and how they had communist aid. We talked about how even with a 10:1 death ratio in our favor, the VC still thought they were winners. But I don't care about any of that, I don't even get why we were there in the first place.
What does Vietnam have that we need? Rubber? If you can get a car to run on Rubber then by all means take over Vietnam, but CARS don't run on rubber!!! All those who agree with me, good job, and all those who disagree...I don't like you.
Alex S.
What does Vietnam have that we need? Rubber? If you can get a car to run on Rubber then by all means take over Vietnam, but CARS don't run on rubber!!! All those who agree with me, good job, and all those who disagree...I don't like you.
Alex S.
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I think that this was the most pointless war ever! We can find rubber and tin and rice in other places...like our allies. To kill so many people over a product like rubber makes our economy seem so desperate.
-Maggie
Our government's response to this post would be that that the war was more about the domino theory, not rubber. However, I don't think that the domino theory was that realistic. Even if it was, I still don't think that our intense hate for communism in that time period really justifies getting involved in another country's war- especially at the level we did.
Vietnam had nothing to do with rubber and needed supplies. We were a fine strong country but saw something in Vietnam we couldn't allow. That was to let them become a communist country. Communism was a major threat to the U.S. and many were scared that they would one day overthrow us and we would be ruled by them. Watching as country to country turned to communism the U.S. couldn't take any chances even though it is a small insignifant country across the world and decided to put a foot down as usual. This turned to be a major misfortune as the war escalated. Rubber or recources in Vietnam were totally nonessential.
~Q
I agree this war was extremely pointless, I mean why would we intrude into their civil war. I think we are hypocrytes because we don't like communism but we continuely put dictators that kill thousands of people in to power. We aren't very good role models to the rest of the world. Finally, I also think that this war was over natural resources and raw materials, it wouldn't suprise me.
I agree with Alex! I think that the Vietnam war was completely pointless and that we should have just minded our own bussiness and stayed out of it! The war didn't even solve anything, yet it killed so many people (where most of them didnt even really know or believe in what they were fighting for.) How horribale would that be, killing people and risking your life and not even believe in what you were fighting for!
-melissa
Guys, I think Alex is oversimplifying things a little when he attributes the war to just rubber. I had mentioned several reasons for the war, these natural resources being just one. There was the domino theory being one and probably the most persuasive reason at the time. The second reason was to protect the chain of American military bases in the Pacific Ocean. Losing Vietnam threatened the security of those bases because of its proximity to the Philippines and Malaysia. Rubber and other natural resources in SE Asia was down on the list, and I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that we went to war for rubber. It's not like this is oil!
I agree, I don't think that rubber is so important that we needed to go into a war over it! I think that there should be a better thing to be fighting a war over and save more lives, to hold back from wars.
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