ISIS In Vietnam War

As the United States became more involved in the Vietnam War, the American society became fired up, not supporting the war, and questioned the United States foreign plan. The American people spread their messages in many ways from protest songs to protests. Protest songs were used as propaganda to send negative messages about the US and the war. One of the iconic protests songs at the time came out in 1965 by Country Joe and the Fish, “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die” (Doc B). This song gave off the message to America that there are other things then just enlisting in the war and that there is a lot of money to be made in America, while still being supportive, like helping supply the Army with the equipment needed to fight (Doc B). This 1965

The United States of America, one of the most powerful nations in the world at the time, was completely unprepared for the war that it had joined in Vietnam. The terrain was unlike any we had ever fought in. From mountains to jungles to rice paddies, it was wet, hot, cold, and completely unforgiving. To say that the political situation was tenuous would be a drastic understatement. Not only could officials not make up their minds, neither could the general populace. The media had an influence in this war that was heretofore unseen. All of these factors were a great obstacle in and of themselves and then we put into play the greatest obstacle of all: the enemy. This was an enemy like we had never seen. The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Vietcong (VC) were fast, agile, adaptable, and extremely unpredictable. The VC hid among the common populace and fought like demons. The NVA were well supplied, well organized, and did not restrict themselves the way many large armies do. This forced us to have to rapidly adapt and develop new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) in order to counter all of these obstacles. Due to these needs and the rapidly advancing technology and versatility of helicopters, the Air Cavalry was born. The Air Cav was composed of several types of airframes including transport aircraft, attack aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft. The reconnaissance aircraft were also known as Aeroscouts and were known for their boldness, audacity,

The Vietnam War began, because of Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) being conquered by the Japanese, in 1941. This led to the creation of the Vietnamese nationalist movement, formed by Ho Chi Minh to resist the Japanese. The Vietnamese national movement also known as the Vietminh, was a communist front organization. To stop the spread of communism through Asia, the United States intervened. The war lasted for 19-20 years, and involved countries such as South Vietnam, North Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic, Laos and the Republic of China. The war was known as a guerrilla war, which meant the use of tactics such as ambush, sabotage and petty warfare. Guerrilla warfare is a very unconventional style of warfare. It is when small groups of soldiers use stealthy tactics to inflict damage on the target. The casualties suffered by both sides were immense however, the Communists had the upper hand throughout the majority of the war. Not only was it their home turf, they also had the support of a large percentage of the civilian population. The effective use of guerrilla tactics by the Viet Cong played a very important role on the outcome of the war, and is also the primary reason why the United States lost. The following essay will outline the reasons why the guerrilla tactics used by the Viet Cong played a very important role on the outcome of the Vietnam War. The first paragraph will

ISIS has been a rapidly increasing threat to not just the United States of America, but the entire world. ISIS has done countless brutal, sick, heart wrenching things that have caused a national and international uproar in the citizens of numerous countries. ISIS considers them the Islamic State, and they seem to have many motives. They basically want a large portion of the Middle east under ISIS control and for the rest of the world to accept their disgusting “traditions” as they claim they are doing, This threat has done some very unspeakable things; the problem needs to be solved. Considering the view the United State holds right now, there are a few actions that can be taken to reduce this threat that ISIS presents. ISIS has rapidly become an enormous problem for most of, if not all of the world. There are some very simple and some very complicated ways to solves this problem. The most efficient way is to simple go to war with ISIS and physically, mentally and emotionally destroy everything and everyone that is supporting this cause, another way is to give them what they desire to have, finally the last option is just completely ignore the foreign issue until it presents itself on U.S. soil. After an online video emerged on Tuesday, January 21st, 2015, showing ISIS threatening to kill two Japanese hostages, relatively little was known about the relationship between the two prisoners. But Reuters News revealed later that next day

America is torn betwixt the dispatchment of American ground troops to fight the terrorist group Isis. The Isis ideology and vision consists of the restoration of the caliphate of early Islam and pledging allegiance to it. Isis regards to maintain the purification of Islamic society, they must fight non-Muslim countries. This desire of a pure Islamic society has precipitated harm on several non-Muslim countries, and even on their own country. The American government is considering sending our ground troops to fight Isis, however, the negatives to sending ground troops to fight Isis are monumental.

I believe that it's only a matter of time before Isis decides to come after the United States. Our politicians are failing to understand that this rise in extremism isn't going anywhere, let's be candid folks these monsters are sharpening their knives and they're around every corner! We seem to tiptoe around the issues by using drone strikes, arming rebels, and use of special forces doesn't seem to be working; and I believe the best way to combat these extremist is by coordinating a simultaneous attack against their leadership, their strongholds, and their money. I'm a firm believer that we must protect ourselves, our interest, uphold the Constitution, and help our allies in their time of

Vietnam was the first war that allowed full freedom to the press, allowing the media to cover the war in their own light. Without censorship, appalling images showed the public the sites of war they had never seen before. Many people believe that the media started the lack of support for the Vietnam War. For example, the Tet Offensive would become “one of the most controversial and climactic events in which the media played a role” (). Until the Tet Offensive, the media had portrayed the U.S. winning the war. However, when the North Vietnamese sprung an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigonthe, the American public felt as if they were there. As the media started to influence the public through television and magazines, people began to doubt

Over the course of the Vietnam War there were four attacks on the US Embassy of South Vietnam.

At the end of the war the Vietnamese were reunited under the government of communism (Rosen, 2). Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam, became the official capital of Vietnam (Cosmas, 334). The capital of South Vietnam was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the leader of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh (Cosmas, 330). The war did not damage the north as much as it did the south (The War's, 5). Even though, the U.S. dropped one million tons of explosives on North Vietnam in order to block supply runs and to weaken the north the government and people were mostly unchanged (The War's, 6). The bombings did lower the amount of goods the North Vietnamese could bring in, but it also destroyed thousands of civilian villages and buildings such as schools, hospitals,

On January 31, 1968, the Vietnamese lunar New Year holiday Tet, roughly 80,000 troops from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, launched a surprise, and coordinated attack on numerous cities and towns in South Vietnam, to include the American base at Danang and even the American embassy in Saigon. The goal was to drive a wedge between America and South Vietnam and hopefully destroy their alliance. This attack was known as the Tet Offensive.

Instead of working on the techniques, training, and doctrine that took place during the war in Vietnam, they decided to avoid that type of warfare in future encounters. Ricks uses many different types of evidence to back up his claims, including testimonies of Army leaders, and intellectuals who believe that there have not been any real doctrine placed to focus on the type of warfare that was used in Vietnam since the war.

Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 7, 2001. The main focus was to dismantle Al Qaeda and deny the Taliban from holding power in Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden was the founder and head of Al Qaeda, who was captured and killed in May in Pakistan. Although Osama was killed, this did not mean that Al Qaeda was destroyed. Osama had multiple Taliban Leaders who helped put organization to the terrorist group, one of these individuals being Ahmad Shah. Ahmad Shah was the leader of the Taliban known as the “Mountain Tigers”. Once Ahmad Shah’s whereabouts were known, Operation Red Wings was placed into effect. The Navy SEALs and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) were the key players in Operation Red Wings.

ISIS has proven many times that they are capable of killing mass groups of people, they have proven to use chemical weapons, and they have proven that they have money. Many people believe that the islamic state is the correct way of living. If America does not intervene with ISIS it will not be long before there is an attack on american soil. America needs to eliminate each ISIS member and give the oil land back to whom it belongs to. ISIS is inhumane and does not care what or who is in their path, they will kill unmercifully and torture anyone and

The issue between ISIS and their allies as well as the United States and their allies is a tough issue to master. Obviously, people want to see the most minimal amount of casualties as possible. On the other hand, the United States and their allies want to see this group of extremist stopped from their dangerous measures. Because of this feel of urgency when it comes to destroying these extremists, some think the fastest way is to send in an army, but yet they do not want casualties. The other issue that the United States has to face when dealing with this issue, is vengeance. ISIS and their allies have vowed to bring America and their allies to their knees, this is not something that American can take lightly. These groups have proven

ISIS is a big threat to the whole world. Planned airstrikes aimed at ISIS to eliminate them and their threat could be a solution. There are several issues that would shoot this idea down. First of all put common sense into play, many civilian lives could be lost during a strike. One would not want to take the life of an innocent person. Secondly, the cost of how much one bomb from an airstrike would cost anywhere from about 15,000 dollars to one million dollars. (39) The more expensive weapons are nuclear bombs that could wipe out the entire country and possibly the surrounding countries. (39) Thirdly, it takes some time and authority to have an airstrike. An airstrike has to follow The Rules of Engagement which is a classified document that states specific and detailed instructions on what is happening and if a target is legitimate and it also states who can approve the target. (40) There are two ways and six steps to each way that an airstrike can be done. (40) Pre-planned strikes must