They were ashamed of it
The Vietnam War=the military draft!
The Vietnam war was from 1972 to 1853, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WOW! Whoever wrote this is a dumbwad! LOL
The Vietnam War was the first war to be televised to the public. So America saw everything that was going on in Vietnam and wanted to pull out of the war.
Public discontent.
The Vietnam War hurt his image.
The public was drafted, the public resisted.
With increasing dissaproval as the war dragged on.
They were wanting to survive it.
Using the public to fight it (conscription).
The non-politically correct answer is: As long as THEIR SON wasn't in Vietnam, it was business as usual.
Rejection from the public.
To explain the war to the public