However, with the views of the government is vastly different. After Ngo Dinh Diem took over Emperor Dai's place, the war became fiercer. The United States decided to back Diem and South Vietnam while the Soviet Union support the North and Minh's communist views. As the war waged on, young Americans in the U.S. Military were sent half-way across the world in order to fight for a cause they did not understand.
While I do believe the intention of the war, fighting against communism, is correct, I believe the United States went about the wrong way fo doing it. The attempt of liberation from communism was unsuccessful even through extreme measures and the dreadful aftermath took away so much from both sides. Even if the mindset that communism is wrong, the people in the country and the government are still living, breathing human beings. The merciless and senseless murder that occurred in the wat was wrong. I am glad and thankful that the American troops were withdrawn. Not for the reason that North Vietnam conquered the South, but because the live of so many American soldiers were spared. Day-to-day tragedies were the norm for an impoverished