Ben RandallImani JonesMrs. Kranish's Essay on VietnamThe Conscientious Aims of the Vietnam WarIf my cousin hasn't done something in a while, he will often say "I haven't done that since Nam!" When he uses this phrase, he is referring to the Vietnam War and the fact that it happened, from our perspective, a long time ago. The phrase “Vietnam War” will have different meanings depending on where one may say the phrase. If one were to exclaim in France, most citizens would think of Vietnam's struggle for independence from France. Vietnam was involved in many wars, which had many objectives. The American war in Vietnam, like the others, had a few main objectives but also several smaller objectives that evolved over the course of the war. These conscientious objectives, for both sides, can be grouped into military and political objectives. Vietnam was really just a pawn in the much larger game of the Cold War. The main political objective behind the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War was to expose its policy of containment to prevent "Domino E »....