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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Protests had a lot to do with ending American involvement in the war. If the American people had been solidly behind the war, we would have stayed as long as it took. Protests certainly considerably shorted the invasion of Cambodia, and the antiwar movement is why Ford didn't go back into Vietnam and Cambodia, or Agnola and Mozambique. It is why Bush I had to so carefully propagandize in order to make his case for war in Iraq in 1990.
Your mistake is in looking for a direct causal relationship. The antiwar protesters were the tip of the iceberg. By 1970, most people in the U.S. were against the war, including business leaders. This change in sentiment in the U.S. in only five years was largely due to the protests. In addition, these protests spread into the very military itself. On top of all that, the antiwar movement was increasingly falling under the influence of revolutionary Marxism. Given what happened in France in May, 1968, the ruling class in America was increasingly of the opinion that the war in Vietnam was more trouble than it was worth.
All because of protesters.
Protests had a lot to do with ending American involvement in the war. If the American people had been solidly behind the war, we would have stayed as long as it took. Protests certainly considerably shorted the invasion of Cambodia, and the antiwar movement is why Ford didn't go back into Vietnam and Cambodia, or Agnola and Mozambique. It is why Bush I had to so carefully propagandize in order to make his case for war in Iraq in 1990.
Your mistake is in looking for a direct causal relationship. The antiwar protesters were the tip of the iceberg. By 1970, most people in the U.S. were against the war, including business leaders. This change in sentiment in the U.S. in only five years was largely due to the protests. In addition, these protests spread into the very military itself. On top of all that, the antiwar movement was increasingly falling under the influence of revolutionary Marxism. Given what happened in France in May, 1968, the ruling class in America was increasingly of the opinion that the war in Vietnam was more trouble than it was worth.
All because of protesters.
It's laughable to suggest that businesses opposed the war because they thought the protesters would overthrow the government and establish a socialist revolution.
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