Vietnam War Opposition

1. Note all of the reasons why you feel the war in Vietnam is wrong.
It is a pointless war...the Vietnamese have been ruled by the French for centuries, when they finally get their freedom, they don't want another nation to come in and control them. The Viet Cong and Vietnamese were relentless and they would never give up. The Vietnamese were a lot better prepared and had better war tactics. The U.S. was spending 2o billion dollars a year and was sending 500,000 troops into Vietnam and they were still getting surprise attacks sprung upon them. The U.S. bombed many towns and cities, killing innocent women and children. The burnt down many towns and cities, it was a disaster and was immoral. The U.S. was going against what they believed in.
2. Note what you re trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.)
I am writing this poster to convince people that the government is wrong and what they are doing is terrible. The United states is going against all that it stands for and people need to realize this and protest it so that the Vietnam war will stop and their will be peace across the world. I am trying to get the idea across that it is not our war to fight, it is not our country, not our problem, and we need to let it be. There is no point in wasting our money and our soldiers for something that is turning into a bloody mess, they are going their to look like Nazis! It is blasphemy!
3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image.
First Image: Picture of a young Vietnamese child, hurt and helpless. The words describing the picture would be how Vietnamese children were dieing from napalm attacks and they were set on fire and sometimes killed.
Second image: A town destroyed by a napalm attack or a city destroyed. For example a place like Hue that was an ancient city and it was completely destroyed by American bombs.
Third Image: A picture of U.S. soldiers, trekking through the Vietnamese land and how they walked and functioned together. Words would describe the picture as how the Americans fought in battle and how it greatly differed from that of the Vietnamese and their guerrilla tactics.

4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
"Pointless War!"
"Nazi America?"
"Where have the morals of the U.S. gone?"
"America gone bad"
"Screw the president!"