“But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.”
-- Walter Cronkite, February 27, 1968
How do feel that these words connect to "Death Coming Up the Hill?" What do they make you think?
I feel these words connected to The death coming up the hill in a way of how U.S solder die and the war still keep going in Vietnam. They make me think of there no way for U.S to win the war. The only way for them were to admit defeat, that was to negotiate.
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Yes, the Vietnam War was a long and costly conflict for American forces. Roughly 2.5 million Soldiers served in Vietnam from 1956 to 1975 and, of those, 1 out of 10 were injured or killed. Our nation had to deploy to fight the communists and we were making progress slowly. However, it was at the cost of so many American lives. In my opinion, it was as if we were stuck between a rock and a hard place until our only option was, as you stated, negotiate and withdraw troops.
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I feel these words connected to The death coming up the hill in a way of how U.S solder die and the war still keep going in Vietnam. They make me think of there no way for U.S to win the war. The only way for them were to admit defeat, that was to negotiate.
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I think these negotiations required that America admit defeat, but that was how the government could be "honorable." If it required that America "lose" so that the war could end and young men stop dying, it would be more honorable to lose than to win.
DeleteI feel this connects the story because when it disscuss about how johnson said he would try to make amends and peace and to withdraw with honor.
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Deflinetly sounds like Cronkite and Johnson had similar takes on how the war should end! I wonder if Johnson maybe used Cronkite's words intentionally because he thought it was well put?
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ReplyDeleteI connect these words to Ashe's parents. They stood together not because they loved each other because their love had been long gone however because they wanted the best for Ashe. Until the day came when they separated and they claimed to have did the best they could.
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This is a great analysis! The quote is very true of Ashe's parents. Just like the quote says they did try the best they could for as long as they could to stay together. It is very much like the quote that they tried their best but the only way out was to negotiate. Unfortunately the negotiations between his parents were not very civil, very much like the war in Vietnam. The idea is a good one, but it was difficult to make happen both between Ashe's parents and the United States and Vietnam. The parents wanted what was best for Ashe and the United States wanted what was best for the world. In both cases,despite their good intentions, there were negative consequenses paid by all parties involved.
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