There is one war that most Americans find outrageous and ugly.  It all started with a lie, that one of our own presidents told to the American people. Lyndon B. Johnson was a great man, who helped people and was loyal to his country, but he lied to the American people about a Vietnamese ship attacking an American ship, and he blamed the Vietnamese, even though he knew very well that he lied. Ho Chi Minh was trying to gain independence in Vietnam. Their neighbors, the Chinese, had responded to the call of communism, and America was afraid of the Domino Theory (country after country falling to communism). Then, the war was turned over to Eisenhower, who withdrew American troops from Vietnam slowly with an idea of Vietnamization. There were Hawks and Doves during, the war, and lots of controversy in the states. Horrible things happened in Vietnam, and in the States. Innocent people died, and traitors and hypocrites were revealed.