The American Way?

What you are about to view

What you are about to view

is the American involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70s

What you are about to view

is the American involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70sand the American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 21st Century

A briefing:

A briefing:

In 1954 the Geneva Conference divided Vietnam at the 17th Parallel into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

A briefing:

The North was under the rule of Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.

The Northern Army known as the Viet Minh was led by General Giap.

A briefing:

Sympathizers in South Vietnam were known as Viet Cong guerillas.

A briefing:

Elections were to be held in 1957 to re-unite the country into one. It was predicted that Minh would win and Communism would rule.

A briefing:

America was on a mission to stop the spread of communism. American advisors were sent to help the South fight the communists and build a democratic government.

A briefing:

An assumed Viet attack on the USS Maddox led to the military troop involvement in Vietnam.

A briefing:

What happened during the American presence was a military dominance, victory in the terms of American General Westmoreland’s death toll count.

A briefing:

Not to mention:

A briefing:

Not to mention:

Political EPIC FAIL

The American Way: If at First You Don’t Succeed…

By: Tahsha*LePage

There was a country with a long history of struggles,

An unfamiliar land, much different from our own.

Tropical Monsoon Jungle

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

GIAP MINH

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

GIAP MINHCOMMUN IS

TS

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

VietMinh

Some soldiers went to help teach the good people how to fight off the bad guys.

American Advisors Training

Some of the religious people feared that Americans were trying to take over their country and destroy their religion.

90% of population

: Buddhist

The bad guys attacked Americans, and we had to save the country AND OURS from their rule!

GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT

USS MADDOX

America had to strike back. We would participate in the fight.

INCREASE TROOPS

It was difficult to tell who the bad guys were since they looked just like the good guys that lived in the country.

Viet Cong Guerilla

or

Simple Villager?

It was difficult to tell who the bad guys were since they looked just like the good guys that lived in the country.

A woman Viet Cong Suicide Bomber.

How can youBe sure?

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

Strategic HamletsNew Life Hamlets

aka

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

Strategic HamletsNew Life Hamlets

“safety (concentration?) camps for villagers”

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

& AGENT ORANGE

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

A defoliant sprayed on terrain to kill all vegetation, destroying ability for Communist Guerillas to hide in the jungle.

The good guys were offered safety in places where American soldiers could protect them

Aerial view of hamlet

The Gov’t of Vietnam builds; the Communists destroy

and provide them with the supplies they would need to survive while the army fought off the bad guys.

Not everyone left for the safe places, but America had another plan to rid the land of bad guys.

Suspects captured All clear

PROJECT PHOENIX

SCORCHED EARTH

Not everyone left for the safe places, but America had another plan to rid the land of bad guys.

Suspects captured

PROJECT PHOENIX

Project Phoenix was a military program that captured suspected communists, including all villagers that were not in the hamlets.

Not everyone left for the safe places, but America had another plan to rid the land of bad guys.

All clear

SCORCHED EARTHIn order to keep the communists from residing in “cleared areas” on a search mission.

The villages were destroyed so that the enemy could not hideout there.

It was a hard mission, and bad guys kept attacking. Many soldiers died, and the fighting lasted a long time.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

CHICAGO RIOT ‘68

The President had to find a way to end the fighting and bring the troops home.

The country depended on us too much for us to abandon them, so we found a way to assist them while still bringing our troops home.

U.S. EMBASSY

PARIS PEACE

ACCORDS

Finally! Americans were glad that the war was coming to an end.

ONE MORE TIME…

The American Way: If at First You Don’t Succeed…

There was a country with a long history of struggles,

There was a country with a long history of struggles,

An unfamiliar land, much different from our own.

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

There were bad people in the country, and America wanted to help get rid of them.

Some soldiers went to help teach the good people how to fight off the bad guys.

Some of the religious people feared that Americans were trying to take over their country and destroy their religion.

Islam96%

Other4%Religion of Iraq

Religion of Afghanistan Islam

Other

The bad guys attacked Americans, and we had to save the country AND OURS from their rule!

America had to strike back. We would participate in the fight.

It was difficult to tell who the bad guys were since they looked just like the good guys that lived in the country.

INSURGENT

OR

CIVILIAN?

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

IDP CAMPS

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

IDP CAMPS

Emergency New Life

Villages

America could not help the innocent people if they couldn’t tell who they were! So we came up with a plan.

IDP CAMPS

Emergency New Life

VillagesOPERATION

NEW DAWN

The good guys were offered safety in places where American soldiers could protect them

and provide them with the supplies they would need to survive while the army fought off the bad guys.

FOOD

MEDICINE

Not everyone left for the safe places, but America had another plan to rid the land of bad guys.

Suspect capturedAll

clear

Not everyone left for the safe places, but America had another plan to rid the land of bad guys.

HIIDEHANDHELD

INTERAGENCY IDENTITY

EQUIPMENT

It was a hard mission, and bad guys kept attacking. Many soldiers died, and the fighting lasted a long time.

IRAQ

Election year

It was a hard mission, and bad guys kept attacking. Many soldiers died, and the fighting lasted a long time.

yearAfghanist

anElection year

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

People in America were not happy with the war, and wanted the fighting to stop.

The President had to find a way to end the fighting and bring the troops home.

The country depended on us too much for us to abandon them, so we found a way to assist them while still bringing our troops home.

Finally! Americans were glad that the war was coming to an end.

Who wins?

and what happens next?

Did we win or lose in Vietnam?

58, 159 US SOLDIER DEATHS

315, 384 TOTAL “OUR SIDE” DEATHS

VS

1,177,462 ENEMY DEATHS

http://www.vietnamwar.org/

Did we win or lose in Vietnam?

OR DID WE FORFEIT?

Nixon signs Paris Peace Accords in 1973

And the U.S. hands political responsibility

Back to South Vietnam. Have we accomplished our

mission?

What happens next?

IN VIETNAM

Saigon Falls1975

It takes the North Vietnamese 55 days

To take over South Vietnam.

What happens next?

IN VIETNAM

No democracy.

Not our problem anymore?

What happens next?

FOR THE USA

We have the “bigger” communists

-Soviet Union and ChinaIn our inner circle.

What happens next?

FOR THE USA

We have the “bigger” communists

-Soviet Union and ChinaIn our inner circle.

Does it really matter what happens to Vietnam now?

What happens next?

VIETNAM TODAY

Still recovering from defoliants(Both land and human effects).

Still finding land mines.Still finding bodies left from war.

What happens next?

VIETNAM TODAY

STILL COMMUNISTS.

What happens next?

VIETNAM TODAY

Their biggest trade

Partner?

What happens next?

VIETNAM TODAY

THE USA

WHY?

$ WHO MAKES THE MONEY$

WHY?

$ WHO MAKES THE MONEY$

Companies supplying defoliants

WHY?

$ WHO MAKES THE MONEY$

Airplane partsAnd Manufacturers?

WYMAN-GORDON

CHROMALLOY

CESSNA AIRCRAFT

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

1.2 TRILLION SPENT ONWAR

31-60 BILLION ON CONTRACT WASTE AND FRAUD

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

1.2 TRILLION SPENT ONWAR

31-60 BILLION ON CONTRACT WASTE AND FRAUD

Of borrowed money

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

A predicted increase of civilians in Afghanistan from 300 in 2009 to 1,000 as of June 2011. TURNING CONTROL BACK IN THE HANDS OF NATIONALS.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

But this time is different…

Unlike Vietnam

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

They have something we want.

Who consumes the most oil?

United StatesJapanChinaGermany Russia BrazilSouth KoreaCanadaFranceIndiaMexico

USA 26%

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

The United States is the largest producer and consumer of oil.

U.S. oil demand is projected to reach 118.9 million

Barrels per day by 2020, 64% of which will have to be

Imported.

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

U.S. oil demand is projected to reach 118.9 million

Barrels per day by 2020, 64% of which will have to be

Imported.

FROM WHERE?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

MORE THAN 60% OIL

RESERVES IN

MIDDLE EAST

http://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/who-has-the-oil.jpg

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

“President Bush’s cabinet agreed in April of 2001 that ‘Iraq remains a destabilizing influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East’ and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US ‘military intervention’ is necessary.” ~Sunday Herald Newspaper, UK October 2002

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

“President Bush’s cabinet agreed in April of 2001 that ‘Iraq remains a destabilizing influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East’ and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US ‘military intervention’ is necessary.” ~Sunday Herald Newspaper, UK October 2002

Exxon Mobil profits increase by 50% in fourth

quarter.~BBC News Jan.

2003http://www.thedebate.org/thedebate/iraq.asp

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

"President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US 'military intervention' is necessary." [1]

Exxon Mobil profits increase by 50% in fourth

quarter.~BBC News Jan.

2003http://www.thedebate.org/thedebate/iraq.asp

“The other possible route [for the desired oil pipeline] is across, Afghanistan which has of course its own unique challenges”

~US GOV’T FOREIGN POLICY MEETING February 12, 1998

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

WHO MAKES THE MONEY

NOW?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

WHO MAKES THE MONEY

NOW?

BLACKWATER?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

WHO MAKES THE MONEY

NOW?

BIG NAME OIL COMPANIES?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Enemies profit from Blackwater payoffs paid with American funds.

Blackwater , being a private company, is not obligated to military records or rules for that matter.

What the public doesn’t know….

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

There is no end.

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Do you think we can convince 95+% of the Muslim population in Iraq and Afghanistan to convert to a favorable American political system?

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Religion                 Pop % Ann Gr

Christians 500,320 1.59 -2.4

Evangelicals

53,371 0.2 3.4

Muslim 30,179,710 95.91

IRAQ

AFGHANISTAN

Religion                 Pop % Ann Gr

Christians 14,559 0.05 14.6

Evangelicals

8,442 0.0 16.7

Muslim 29,074,395 99.85

http://www.operationworld.org

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

ISLAM IS NOT JUST THEIR GOVERNMENT, IT IS THEIR

WAY OF LIFE. Jihad is their HOLY WAR.

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

The difference this time:We want their land—

Their oil. The bottom line…

Who is winning in Iraq and Afghanistan?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$GREED

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

What’s next?

PAYING FOR A WAR ONBORROWED MONEY.

http://costofwar.com/en/

What’s next?

MONEYTHAT PERSONALLY

DOESN’T HAVE TO BE PAID BACK.

What’s next?

WHILE GETTING RICHON THE SIDE.

1% OF THE RICH?FAMILIAR?

What’s next?

THE PRESSU

REIS ON

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/we-are-the-99-percent-and-occupy-wall-street-spread-nationwide/2011/10/06/gIQArXZMQL_blog.html

New York

WHAT IS NEXT?

WHAT IS NEXT?

WHO WILL OCCUPY?

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