Large scale protests most certainly contributed to the end of the war in Vietnam. The anti-war movement didn't really have major support until about 68, and it kept growing right up until we were forced to sign the Paris peace nonsense. It certainly also impacted our conduct of the war, in many ways hamstringing our troops on the ground.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > I would disagree...the protests really cast a bright lite on it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:14 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Go look up the labor movement Cam...they protested and went on > > strike...that was pretty effective. Protesting also got us out of the > > war in Vietnam as it brought extreme attention to it and as a result > > it because really unpopular. > > > > The Vietnam war ran it's course but it's not protests that stopped our > involvement, they were going 20 years. Anti-war protests ended with the > final withdrawal of troops after the Paris Peace > Accords<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords>were signed in > 1973. > > Strikes made the difference in the Labor Movement, not protests. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
