Colombes “I am convinced that killing under the cover of war is nothing other than an act of murder”, Albert Einstein. The Vietnam War was a war America didn't need. America believed it was doing good. They thought they were protecting the Vietnamese people. America failed to realize that it was only making a bad situation worse. America stopped nothing. They didn't stop communism; they did not save the Vietnamese people. America increased the casualties in Vietnam and killed its own people. They caused disease and destroyed the environment with the help of Agent Orange. America sent soldiers on a mission that resulted in hundreds of civilians being murdered. America didn't help anyone. America has sent people to murder others and to be killed in the line of duty. The French were forced to leave Vietnam and Vietnam was divided between communists and anti-communists. The communist regime controlled North Vietnam. Those who supported the French and were against communism controlled South Vietnam. Then trained communist partisans from the North, the Vietcong, began to flow to the South. America decided that it wanted to stop the spread of communism by stopping communism in Vietnam. The United States believed in the domino theory. The Domino Theory is the theory that communism will continue to spread around the world unless it is stopped. America sent soldiers to Vietnam to help the South fight the North. Then American ships were allegedly attacked off the coast of Vietnam. This is when the United States officially entered the war. The Vietnam War was a war with many unnecessary casualties and injuries. The United States entered the Vietnam War and raised the stakes. Now South Vietnam...... middle of paper ....... They believe they must fight to save others. Their fights can lead to many serious circumstances. Their belief in salvation can lead to casualties, disease and the killing of innocent lives. America needs to rethink its definition of savings because it did not save the Vietnamese people. Works Cited Agent Orange. (nd). Retrieved March 12, 2014 from http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/agent-orangeEnglish Online. (nd). Retrieved March 12, 2014 from http://www.english-online.at/history/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-background.htm General statistics on the Vietnam War. (nd). Accessed March 12, 2014 from http://www.103fieldbatteryraa.net/documents/74.htmlPublic Health. (nd). Accessed March 12, 2014, from http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/Vietnam War Statistics. (nd). Accessed March 11, 2014 from http://www.mrfa.org/vnstats.htm