The American involvement in the Vietnam War was a waste of lives and money. In addition, it accomplished nothing for the American public as well as nothing for southern Vietnam. The United States involvement in the Vietnamese civil war was pointless. It created civil unrest among Americans and it cost an enormous price in many young lives and countless resources. The Vietnam War had originally started because of a long-standing conflict between France and Vietnam. …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…time, resources and life. The United States did all of this to maintain alliances and prevent the spread of communism. In so doing, they failed to prevent the spread of communism, failed to maintain any alliances and in the mean time lost billions of dollars and millions of lives as well. The Vietnam war proved nothing and gained nothing. No war is good but a war fought for all the wrong reasons is doubly evil.