Bombing Of Vietnam Essay

The South Vietnamese began to supply more and more of their troops. This was called Vietnamization. After Nixon announced a new eight point plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam the process began and by 1972 almost all American troop were out. Only 1500 North Vietnam civilians were killed during the entire war but Senator George McGovern lied to NBC and said that it was the most murderous aerial bombardment in the history of the world. In the fall of 1969 the Pentagon revealed that during the Tet offence American soldiers had entered a village at My Lai and massacred all the inhabitants. My Lai under the Johnson administration and actions by Nixon set off many protesters. Some of these protester riots ended in violence. One riot at Kent State University was so destructive that they called in the National Guard. The protesters send things on fire and when firefighters tried to put them out the rioters attacked them and sliced there hoses. This riot ended in the death of four protesters. The constant bombing of North Vietnam was very effective but because of all the riots at home the North thought they were winning and so they didn’t give up. Even with all the protesters, 65% agreed that Nixon had a handle on the war. In 1972 Nixon flew to Beijing to
In doing this the U.S. created an antiballistic missile. When Nixon traveled to the USSR and promised them the sale of $1 Billion worth of grain in trade for them to control their terrorists. While there he also hammered out the control treaty called SALT I. But in this he gave away the fact that the U.S had antimissiles. Even though were much farther than they were we gave away the right to defend ourselves by also limiting our use of missiles as well. But Nixon still was able to negotiate deals with both China and Russia which none of the presidents before him could