the 1992 presidential election. Along with it we remember that there were

new taxes during that presidents term in office. There are a myriad of

promises made and things done in a presidential election year that have

questionable motives as to whether they are done in the best interest of

the people or in the interests of the presidential candidate. These hidden

interests are one of the biggest problems with the political aspects of

government in modern society. One of the prime examples of this is the

Vietnam War. Although South Vietnam asked for our help, which we had

previously promised, the entire conflict was managed in order to meet

personal political agendas and to remain politically correct in the world's

eyes rather than to bring a quick and decisive end to the conflict. This

can be seen in the selective bombing of Hanoi throughout the course of the

Vietnam War. Politically this strategy looked very good. However,

militarily it was ludicrous. War is the one arena in which politicians

have no place. War is the military's sole purpose. Therefore, the U. S.

Military should be allowed to conduct any war, co

its present boundaries But most of all it was about politics. The

The President was very aware of the problems with political

when the U. S. began to subsidize the French Army in South Vietnam. This

was used in Vietnam. If we do not learn from these lessons that are so

Educational Foundation. PBS, College Station. 9-10 Jan. 1996.

United States, Joint Resolution of Congress H. J. RES 1145. Aug. 7, 1964.

American Naval Vessels in South Vietnamese waters were fired upon by North

objective of the war the two are relatively similar. The objective was to

condemned to repeat the same mistakes. Lets just pray that it does not

bombing in Vietnam, "I had no doubt we would bomb Iraq if I was going to be

in contrast to Vietnam, but the military having control played a major part

the interests back home were quite a different story ( Johnson ). The

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