The silent majority disagreed with the antiwar protesters but rarely discussed their opinions publicly.
The American media contributed to the growth of antiwar movements by publishing stories describing the horrors of the fighting in Vietnam.
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The United States experienced two eras of massive "anti-war" protesters: The US Civil War and Vietnam War; both of which were actually "anti-draft" protesting, under the disguise of anti "war." The vast majority of protesters were "draft aged males" and associated persons (personal friends, wives, girlfriends, mothers, etc.). All US wars have had some anti-war protesting, from the Mexican War of 1846 thru the American Indian wars, even WWI & and very quietly the Second World War, but only the American Civil War in the 1800s (19th century) had military conscription, consequently the "draft riots" (anti-war protesters).
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment guaranteed that any U.S. citizen fighting in the Vietnam War would have the right to vote in American elections.
Radical protestors during the Vietnam era often burned their draft cards. American involvement in Vietnam began in 1955, and the war ended in 1975 during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
At its core, it was a battle between Democracy and Communism fronted by surrogates with South Vietnam , Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and the US representing the former, and North Vietnam, China and the USSR standing in for Communism. You also can't forget the Hmong, who fought against the Northern Vietnamese. The Hmong allied with the US.
The draft protesters.
998,742 people
War protesters.
They probably fuelled the protesters, as they did in the US.
Draft dodgers, Doves, Hippies, Protesters, etc.
They burned their draft cards.
Anti-war demonstration and draft resistance protesters.
The majority of Vietnam (85%) are Buddhist.
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They've been pardoned and are free from any charges.
No. Kerry never was tried or convicted of a crime.