Vietnam War – Treatment of Vietnam Citizens

Rippling effects/cost:

During the war vietnamese, citizens were treated very badly. Many veterans raped, cut off limbs, randomly shot at citizens, bombed village twice as much than they did in world war 2, poisoned food stock, and damaged much of the countryside of south Vietnam.US troops also carried out massacres, beatings, arson, and Kidnapping. Most of the citizens were scared to come forward but when attempting to they were ignored, because no one believed high ranking officials would do such things.

Because of these incident many people suffered depression and other issues that lead to deaths of innocent citizens. American troops did these horrible things because they wanted power, and they resented the Viet Cong. The US troops did not consider the fact that some people weren’t involved so they punished innocent citizens.

Impact on society/culture:

Many women who got raped got pregnant and tried to get abortions but it didn’t always work and these women gave birth to the children and many became depressed and considered committing suicide. For the children who were born from this, they were often bullied because of who their father was. Many citizens also believed that the war crimes committed caused them post traumatic stress. The bombings destroyed all of the vietnamese people’s crops and vegetation which took many years to regain after everything was destroyed. Racism also played a major role, vietnamese people were not considered real people but mere gooks.

Consequences:

Over 2 million vietnamese citizens died, some from suicide and diseases, while others from bombings in their villages. In these bombings they used agent orange” which left a major impact on vietnamese citizens, many are now facing various diseases and disabilities. In addition, it destroyed many villages leaving people homeless. Also, farmland was ruined resulting in hunger. Depression was also prevalent.