Vietnam War Opposition

You are an opponent of American involvement in Vietnam. Use the evidence in this chapter to begin formulating ideas to make a poster or a leaflet putting forward your views. You will work on this in class on Friday. You can include stories and images from pages 353-61. However, you must also include an explanation that will convince the supporters of containment that the policy is not working in Vietnam. OPTIONAL: Instead of opposing the war, you can support it. Feel free to make a COUNTER-ARGUMENT that the war is necessary to contain Communism.

1. Note all of the reasons why you feel the war in Vietnam is wrong.
-no reason to be there; let them solve their own problems
-killing millions
-wasting billions of dollars
-isn't morally justified
-far away from the US
-domino effect is absurd
2. Note what you re trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.)
-convince people to vote out congressmen who support the war
-convince people the war is wrong
-get people to join the antiwar movement
-get people to talk to their congressmen about it
3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image.
-monks burning themselves; this is what the US backs
-My Lai massacre
-young soldier
-burning forests and villages
-dead bodies
-peace symbol
-south Vietnamese police officer killing the young Vietcong man
4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
-Hey hey LBJ...
-make love not war
-End the War Today
-Stop the Atrocities Now