In the Vietnam war the United States and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) opposed the revolutionary movement known as the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong was sponsored by the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV). This war was the second of two wars being fought in that area. The first Indochina war was a struggle between Vietnamese nationalists and the French colonial regime aided by the U.S.. In the second war we replaced France …showed first 75 words of 1346 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1346 total…war is over. The U.S. needed to finish what it started. Plus the extensive use of bombing should have been backed up with a reasonable ground assault which could hold a defined front. That kind of action would have increased the death total which would have lost more of the publics support. The best thing is this country should have learned from their mistake with this war, and to not let it occur again.