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Although the United States government will never admit that this war was a lost cause we all know deep in out hearts that we did in fact lose the Vietnam war. But this war was unlike no other this world had ever seen literally. it was the first war that was televised and the american people saw the terror and atrocities that happen during a war during their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This phenomenon was the reason the United States lost the war people saw what was happening and it turned a nation of over patriotic people, into a nation that was against this war. Showing this war on TV showed how senseless war is and how it affects so many people lives, it is a " meaningless destruction of lives"( Pg 193). Proof of how gruesome this war was is the image that is described as "the shoot felt 'round the world". This was an execution of an enemy solder who was unarmed and tied up. This scene was so graphic that to this day has been called the most gruesome video the American people have ever seen. The person who put it best was Walter Cronkite he said; " It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end a stalemate"(Pg 204). The reason i say the United States lost this war even though it did end in a "tie" is because of the fact that it ended in a tie. The US doesn't tie it was defeated and instead of calling it a lose we call it a tie, the most powerful country in the world with what is supposed to be the best military in the world could not defeat the Viet Cong and their gorrila warfare.
