Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity, 1960-1975

 

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity, 1960-1975

Anti-war movements against the war in Vietnam were growing in the USA due to several interesting factors. People realised that they were in a foreign territory that they had no place in and they wanted to see their soldiers come home. Here are a few reasons why it turned into such a huge movement: 1. Development in the economy and technology meant that more people had televisions in their homes. News broadcasting stations took interest in showing the American people what was going on in Vietnam rather than what the government was claiming. Footage showed soldiers in distressing firefights, drug-addicted soldiers and a chaotic environment that they had little control over. 2. The '60s were over and the '70s came, and the hippie movement was now in full swing, which focused on peace and love. The followers of this movement were called hippies. Hippies advocated that the Vietnam War was unnecessary and there was no need for violence. The hippies were against traditional American-war attitudes. This movement gained much attraction and continued to become a global phenomenon. 3. The American people realised that the US army was fighting an enemy that did not have a uniform (unless they were from the North Vietnamese army). The Vietcong would not wear their uniform to blend in with the South Vietnamese population. This socio-war climate led a lot of US soldiers to be very paranoid of their surroundings. This resulted in many civilians being killed because they were assumed to be enemy soldiers. Incidents such as the My Lai massacre only further fuelled the anti-war attitude. 4. Education was more available than ever in the USA. Many protestors were college students who were young and educated. They had their own opinions and they now had the knowledge, people and grounds to express them. The average age of a US soldier in Vietnam was 22, so many sympathised with what many young men were going through as students were of similar age.