Why Did The Vietnam War A Mistake?

During the Vietnam War, the United States became involved with Vietnam because America was worried about communism spreading around the world and wanted to contain communism. President Truman decided to support France since he thought French troops would make the French economy more stable. For this reason, Truman gave the French some money to help their economy. When President Eisenhower became President, he believed in what was named the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory is the belief that if one country becomes communist, then all countries will become communists as well. America became very eager to contain communism that they were involved in the Vietnam War for 20 years. Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed in Vietnam. The U.S.
Many Americans were opposed to the war and wanted peace. The Vietnam War was a mistake because it was just a waste of money, it wasn’t America’s business to get involved in, Americans were not happy about this involvement, and many American troops died tearing families apart. Someone who was opposed to the Vietnam War and was simply looking for peace for Americans, was Martin Luther King Junior. Martin Luther King Junior, MLK for short, was an African American who was a Baptist Minister and a leader during the Civil Rights Movement. On April 30, 1967, MLK gave a sermon in New York which he called, “Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam.” In this sermon, MLK has 7 reasons as to why he was opposed to the Vietnam War. Throughout MLK’s sermon, he used many biblical words and it’s easy to realize how faithful he is to God. MLK introduced his sermon by stating that this is not just any kind of sermon, but an important sermon that had to deal with a controversial topic about the nation. He sees this war as an evil and tragic war. One of the reasons as to why MLK opposed to the war because America was investing money into a hopeless war instead of investing it to the poor. He argues that