The Vietnam War is the least -supported conflict in the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon: an opinion poll
Fifty years after the fall of Cigon, a new survey found that the Vietnam War was still the conflict supported by the main American wars in the last century.
The NexStar Media polls showed that the feelings feel more powerful among those who fought more than the general public, as 46 percent of the veterans of Vietnam said they did not believe that he had justified them and 41 percent say they believe.
Among the adults, the poll showed that the Vietnam War is seen as the least circular war, as 44 percent said it was not and 29 percent they say it was. Only a quarter said they are not sure.
The results came before the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon in what was South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, when the war ended officially. The United States completed its withdrawal from the conflict in 1973.
The perceptions of the war became increasingly bad as it continued as the United States and Vietnam ally struggled to defeat the communist forces. It is one of the few wars in the history of the United States that the country has not won.
Tensions arose in particular at home after the Pentagon papers were published for the year 1971, a multi -time study that analyzed the decision -making through many presidential departments regarding Vietnam. It revealed that many departments have misled the public about the war, especially former President Lindon Johnson.
World War II is clearly seen as the most justified American war in the last century, as two -thirds of the respondents who oppose this said 10 percent.
The Korean war is placed second, when 36 percent said it is justified and 22 percent say it was not. The Persian Gulf War behind the Korean War in third place.
The perceptions of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are more mixed. A little more say that the war in Afghanistan was justified, 41 percent to 35 percent, while there is almost a division that appears regarding the Iraq war, 38 percent, saying it had no justification to 37 percent, saying it was.
But the conflict in Vietnam, where the United States supported southern Vietnam against the Communist North Vietnam from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, is clearly less popular. The majority of adults, 62 percent, said that the United States should have remained outside the war, while 38 percent of the participation said was the right decision.
The age polls also found how the respondents see this question. The older generations, who were alive during the war were continuing, saying more clearly that the United States should have remained outside young generations.
Near or more than 70 percent of people between the ages of 50, 59, 60 to 69, 70 years old, the United States said the United States should not be involved. Only more than 60 percent of these forty to 49 said the same thing, but these are 18 to 29 and 30 to 39 they were almost equal.
The difference is seen on the basis of political ideology, but the respondents all over the spectrum remained skeptical in the war. Seven out of 10 Democrats, nearly two -thirds of independents and more than most Republicans said that the United States should have remained outside the war.
Many old warriors in Vietnam faced bad treatment by the public because of their participation in an unpopular war that has sparked protests throughout the country for years. But the poll showed that 78 percent of the veterans said they felt that they were not treated well by the US government.
They have given decent signs of the work of the Ministry of Affairs of the Veterans to support the old warriors, as 40 percent said it is doing a good job and classifying 35 percent of its performance as fair. Only 13 percent said that it is doing excellent or bad.
Meanwhile, nearly 8 out of 10 of the veterans in Vietnam said they believe that post -traumatic disorder represents a big problem among all old warriors in the United States, while 20 percent said it is a simple problem.
The survey was conducted from April 8 to 11, among 1,000 adults, including 250 veterans in the Vietnam War.
