Mined In Stalemate: The End Of Communism In Vietnam

The Vietnam War was a battle between the United States of America and the mid-eastern country of Vietnam. What commenced the Vietnam War was Vietnam had to make a decision on what type of government they wanted to follow. They could choose between being a Communist government, which meant everyone contributed to society and no money was needed, or they could be Democratic, meaning the people of Vietnam would have to work to obtain money in which they could spend it on their personal needs. Vietnam ultimately chose to have a Communist government; however, the United States disapproved of this idea. Therefore, U.S.A. decides to send troops to Vietnam, fighting to get rid of Communism in Vietnam for a better future. The United States’ reason in

Ultimately, the Vietnamese did not want to change their way of government in any way, which started the Vietnam war. Walter Cronkite, a T.V. star in the twentieth century, stated in his broadcast “We are Mined in Stalemate” the Vietnamese are just loyal people protecting their freedoms, the U.S. are losing men and money for no reason, and the war is nowhere near an end. In the end of the war, Cronkite was right about what would occur in the Vietnam War and his broadcast summed up the whole war. The experience in this war became worse by time for the United States. It all began with the Tet offensive, a surprise attack on the United States on the Vietnamese new year. Afterwards, frustrated American troops killed 300 innocent Vietnamese civilians on the village of My Lai, Vietnam. People back in America protested and disliked the United States’ involvement in Vietnam, resulting in significant amounts of protest, the most notable being the protest of Kent State

According to Walter Cronkite’s “We are Mired in Stalemate,” he said that the Vietnamese were loyal people fighting for their freedom, and America is stopping them from reaching their independence. This was later true as these Vietnamese people just wanted the freedom of choosing their own type of government in their own country. Cronkite also stated that the U.S. are losing men and money for no reason. After the Vietnam War, Vietnam stayed communist and had a running Communism government in the next 2 years after the war. Cronkite also stated that the war was nowhere near to the end. The Vietnam War lasted 5 years after Cronkite presented his broadcast “We are Mired in Stalemate,” lasting a total of 20 years total until the U.S. decided to recede their troops in Vietnam.On January 30, 1968, American troops stalled in attacking the Vietnamese due to the fact that it was the Vietnamese new year, also known as Tet. However, North Vietnam launched a surprise attack on cities in South Vietnam where the United States troops were located. Most of the Vietnamese soldiers fought without uniforms, so the United States troops didn’t know if these Vietnamese citizens were innocent or not. The American public became more and more optimistic whether or not the Vietnam war was worth it or not. Multiple other occasions involving the United