You are an opponent of American involvement in Vietnam. Use the evidence in this chapter to begin formulating ideas to make a poster or a leaflet putting forward your views. You will work on this in class on Friday. You can include stories and images from pages 353-61. However, you must also include an explanation that will convince the supporters of containment that the policy is not working in Vietnam. OPTIONAL: Instead of opposing the war, you can support it. Feel free to make a COUNTER-ARGUMENT that the war is necessary to contain Communism.
1. Note all of the reasons why you feel the war in Vietnam is wrong.
I believe that the war in Vietnam is wrong because its killing innocent civilians instead of the Vietcong. It is also a waste of our soldiers lives seeing we do not have good enough tactics to defeat the Vietcong effectily. Mia Laia
2. Note what you re trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.)
If we get the troops out of Vietcong we could save American lives. Yes we need to stop the spread of Communism, but we are killing more innocent people than we are killing Vietcong. IF the U.S was able to stop the threat posed by the communist Vietcong and defeat them effectily then it would be ok to be at war, but right now its a waste of our countrys people.
3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image.
Monks burning themselfs in protest of the war, the little girl without close on because of the agent orange, dead civilian bodies on the side of the road, American soldiers either wounded or dead because they were killed.
4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
"Stop the massacer! Think Peace Man"
"Dont kill your neighbors sons hubans ect. keep them home think peace"
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