Vietnam by Aleksander Petrov https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc Done with a sprinkle of Napalm en-us 2018-12-05 16:39:20 UTC 2018-12-12 17:02:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/339960384/4349f1b2aae269e20664c63672db47f5/images.jpeg "My solution to the problem would be to tell them frankly that they've get to draw in their horns and stop their aggression or we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Ages." - General Curtis E LeMay, in his book Mission With LeMay, 1965. 200801356 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311462917
The quote shows that the U.S were confident of winning the war. They were even tooting their own horn by threatening the Vietnamies by saying that they will send them into the stone ages]]> 2018-12-05 16:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311462917 "During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was effectively closed. The military situation in the area deteriorated rapidly. I therefore ordered the evacuation of all American personnel remaining in the South Vietnam." - President Gerald Ford, April 29, 1975 200801356 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311467219
The quote shows the progression of the war isn't in favor of the U.S. The U.S has decided to evacuate its troops from Vietnam because they knew they weren't able to defeat the Northern Vietnameis]]> 2018-12-05 17:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311467219 "The Bastards have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time." President Richard Nixon to White House Chief of Staff H.R Bob Haldeman and Attorney General John Mitchell on April 4, 1972. maedu21 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311468991 This quote shows the frustration of the US due to the War lasting longer and now preparing for full bombardment.]]> 2018-12-05 17:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311468991 "For it seems now more than ever, that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe the face of the evidence..." Walter Cronkite February 27, 1968. 200801215 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311469342 This is when the United States began to notice the trouble that they were in. The V.C were not giving up and the U.S had no way of making them surrender. No matter how many people the U.S killed, the North continued to fight. The U.S now knew that this war was not winnable.]]> 2018-12-05 17:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311469342 "Declare the United States the winner and begin de-escalation."-Senator George Aiken (R-VT) offering advice to president Lyndon Johnson on October 19, 1966 on how to handle the politics of reducing the U.S. commitment in Vietnam 201300766 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311470846 This quote shows that they are trying to say that they might as well say that the U.S. won already because they think that they are going to win.]]> 2018-12-05 17:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311470846 "I think we have all underestimated the seriousness of this situation. Like giving cobalt treatment to a terminal terminal cancer case. I think a long protracted war will disclose our weakness, not our strength." - Deputy Secretary of State George W. Ball answering President Lyndon Johnson's question at the White House meeting on July 21, 1965 about whether the United States could win a war in the "jungle rice-paddies" of Vietnam. 200801356 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311896484 The quote shows the transition from the U.S thinking that the war would be easy to them starting to reconcider their duty in Nam. After the deaths of many, the people in the White House start to think about stopping their part in the war.]]> 2018-12-06 16:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311896484 "We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves" Lyndon Johnson October 21, 1964 200801215 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311898113 This shows the regret that the Unites States began to feel as they noticed how hard the war actually was. This was their war so why would the Americans have to fight it for them. ]]> 2018-12-06 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311898113 "You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of your. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win" Ho Chi Minh 1946. 200801215 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311901767 The United States were very cocky in the begging. They were beyond confident they could win with their firepower. However that wouldn't work because locating the V.C was a problem. Most of the bombings killed innocent people and the V.C continued to hid. The North would continue to fight no matter what and that is why they would win.]]> 2018-12-06 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311901767 "Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that." - President Richard Nixon in his address to the nation on the war in Vietnam on November 3, 1969." 200801356 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311901773 This quotes sums up how confident the US is on winning the War. Saying that the only way they lose is by them crippling themselves, still believing that their powerhouse army will not lose to the Vietnamese.]]> 2018-12-06 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311901773 "I am not going to lose Vietnam. I am not gong to be the president who saw Southeast Asia go the way China went."-Newly inaugurated president Lyndon Johnson at a white House meeting on November 24, 1963. maedu21 https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311902557 This quote shows the drive that the USA has in the War but also shows the stubborness of the leaders and how they wont tarnish their name even if it means that thousands will perish.]]> 2018-12-06 16:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/200801215/pk5l5cso04qc/wish/311902557