In the 1960s America became deeply intertwined with the Vietnamese War under President Eisenhower; however, soon afterwards people began questioning the purpose of America’s presence in Vietnam and whether it was right. Public figures, President Nixon and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. both gave speeches to address their individual views on the Vietnam war and how it should be ended, but objectively, President Nixon presents a more well rounded, compelling argument due to his use of logic and direct diction. That said, both argued from the standpoint that war is inherently wrong and should be ended, but the two diverged on the topic of how to conclude the war. Martin Luther King Jr. insisted that the war promoted ethnocentrism, economic exploitation, …show more content…
King also pointed out the fact that America had supported France’s move to retake Vietnam as a colony even as the Vietnamese had “Quoted our Declaration of Independence in their document of freedom.” Furthermore, Dr. King thought the it was incredibly vain and ethnocentric for the United States to assume that it’s presence in the war would save Vietnam or as he said, “The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.” Ultimately, all of the points made in this speech are for the immediate removal of US troops from Vietnam and the end of the