Protesting and the Vietnam War

America had just been through the Cold War. We were not looking forward to any more wars. Our government however made us believe that if we didn't step in and take a stand, the domino affect would happen and we would all end up falling down. Now why do we always have to be the "big brother" country that has to stand in and get in everyone's business? Now I understand we feel for other countries, but this is how we make enemies. Though we would like to believe we are doing only good, it is hard to believe that to be so when our troops had come back from over seas to tell us otherwise. This country was "sold" on the war. We were more or less guaranteed we had this war in the bag. But more and more body bags were being sent back to America with young people in them. I do believe every war is fought for a reason but it is so sad to think about how much we were lied to by our own government, and to think of how many young lives were stolen from them.