What were some of the reasons that youth opposed the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

We had two complaints about the Vietnam War. In the first place, this was a civil war between two halves of a divided country, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and we did not think that national reunification was necessarily a bad thing, or something that we should not allow the Vietnamese to do. We were not convinced that the war was part of a gigantic communist plot to take over the world, and indeed, it proved not to be. And in the second place, the war was fought almost entirely with conscripted soldiers; we were being drafted against our will to fight and die in a war that we did not even believe in, and which did prove to be an entirely unnecessary and pointless war.

Answer 2

Unclear. "Younger generations" meaning the YOUNG people of the 1960s or young people of the 21st century? Young people of the Vietnam era didn't support the war...because they were the ones being inducted into the military to fight the war.

Answer 3

• many people believed we had no reason to be there and many veterans still believe that
• media coverage, no war had been covered on a day to day basis like Vietnam
• people were drafted an nobody wants or likes that at all

Answer 4

The Counter Culture. Many wanted to look for an alternative to traditional living patterns. Hippies were a huge part of the reason war was opposed. During the 1960's many young people (the ones born during the Baby Boom) were now growing up. After growing up, they realized that they did not want to enlist in the draft, or have anything to do with war. So, many protests were made. For example, the Teach In Movement.

Answer 5

They beleived it was a civil war, and America didnt belong their.