What does is mean to call a war “Another Vietnam”

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What does is mean to call a war “Another Vietnam” Discussion Question What does is mean to call a war “Another Vietnam”

Aim: What did we learn from the Vietnam conflict? The Lessons of Vietnam

Do Now Mock Draft:

Lesson 1: It is extremely hard to win a war with the nation watching

A Buddhist monk setting himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War

Napalm raid on the countryside

Vietnamese villagers fleeing an American Napalm Raid

Victim of a napalm attack

More victims of napalm

Lesson 2: It is extremely hard to win a war without public support

Vietnam War Protesters

A war protester killed by police at Kent State University (May 4th, 1970)

Guarding children against sniper fire

Flower Power

Protestors were not afraid to speak out against the war….

Lesson 3: It is extremely hard to beat an enemy you can’t see

The execution of a suspected Vietcong soldier

Dead girl on road (suspected VC spy)

Mai Li Massacre

Tet Offensive Tet: Vietnamese New Year Tet Offensive: January 1968 -One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War (launched by North Vietnam and the Vietcong)

Lesson 4:If you are old enough to fight for the country, you should be old enough to vote for the person sending you fight

Amendment 26 (1971) Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.