Vietnam War

English 10 HN Persuasive Essay The Vietnam War went on for many years behind the aggression of the United States, as Vietnam called it. Millions of soldiers lost their lives in the time consuming battle. On February 8, 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote a letter to Ho Chi Minh, president of Vietnam at the time. In President Johnson’s letter he expresses his hopes of ending this conflict that has gone on so long in Vietnam. In a reply to President Johnson, President Ho Chi Minh replied back on February 15, 1967 that it was the United States Military who has progressed this conflict in Vietnam. The considerable gains made in the home front by President Lyndon Johnson however were overshadowed by the sloppy handling of foreign affairs. Key to this was the Vietnam War and misrepresentation of information to the public. Understandably, the domestic achievements and programs were highly publicized and hyped while little attention was being given to the Vietnam War. Information on additional troops deployment was scanty and the respective announcements were not highly publicized as the public would have wished. After the southern Vietnamese forces attacked a military barrack belonging to the United States, reprisal attacks began immediately and would escalate later in to the operation rolling thunder .By the time Lyndon Johnson assumed power, the troops in Vietnam were at merely 16,000, however two years later this figure had expanded to over 180,000 and then to over a half a million by the close of Lyndon’s tenure in office. This was an escalation that had not followed the proper channel of authorization as the public, whose interests Lyndon purported to represent had no say in it.

In many words you could say President Johnson had a persuasive letter, but in reality President Ho Chi Minh had the most persuasive case about the conflict. In President Ho Chi Minh letter he comes on strong and right to the point. By using examples or evidence on