Did people in America support the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

The Vietnam War was tolerated as part of the cold war. It was considered a necessary evil in the larger picture of combating communism. People weren't concerned about the "troops" or about "the war", they were concerned about the "commie pinkos" (some slang terms from those times) launching an ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile/nuclear type) into their city. Another words, they were a bit more concerned about Vietnam escalating into a full blown nuclear exchange between the communist superpowers rather than "that little ole war in Southeast Asia" (some more rhetoric from those times). Back in those days Americans had to "tuck and duck" in school (nuclear attack drills) and yellow painted sirens were installed in city blocks that sounded like air raid sirens from world war two.

In American cities, there were actually hidden SAMs in places like Los Angeles, San Franciso, etc. They looked a little bit like those metal elevator doors on some city side-walks. They were manned by US Army missile men and their mission was to shoot down Soviet/Russian bombers (which never came).

So as you can see, Vietnam was just Vietnam...there were bigger risks if Vietnam got out of hand.

TODAY there is no MAD (Mutally Assured Destruction), US service people can fight anywhere anytime without YOU suffering from a possible nuclear attack (discounting the war on terrorism of course).

Bottom line: Supporting the troops during the cold war was Non-Applicable.

Answer 2

Due the publication and bradcast of the Vietnam war many of the U.S. citizens were against the war. Many who oppsosed the war thought that we were fighting a war for the south vietnamese which was not needed

Answer 3

Yes they did for the most part What they protested was the draft