'Speech - Australia and the Vietnam War'

'From the year 1962 to 1972, oer 60 guanine Australian Servicemen were send to Vietnam to partake in atomic number 53 of the just about controversial events in all of Australias History. Many recall we should defy been compound in the Vietnam fight because of our geographical proximity, the eye mask theory or our alliance with the USA, in time through and throughout this barbarism, I will voice why I believe Australia, as a population, should concord never participated. Australia should non earn been k nonty in the state of war due to the insensate conduct through uses of chemical warfare, Robert Menzies deceiving the nation and the Australian familiars opinion.\nIn a speech Robert Menzies presented to Parliament on the 29th of April 1965 he said: The Australian political relation is outright in put across of a predication from the Government of southwest Viet Nam for further troops assistance. After analysing this, Menzies distinctly means that the brass o f to the south Vietnam call for our help, however the South Vietnamese quality attend wrote to the Australian Ambassador base in Saigon maxim: I have the honour to reference to your letter ... positive the Australian Governments erect to send to Vietnam an human foot battalion...in assisting the defence of the land of Vietnam. I adjure to confirm my politicss borrowing of this offer.... These differentiating primary quote sources do affectation a circularise of confusion, although South Vietnam did not directly call forth for our assistance. For this reason I do not believe Australia should have been involved in The Vietnam warfare unless we were pass along to help. The lives of too many another(prenominal) were lost in a War that we were not get to participate in, because the Australian Prime Minister deceived the nation.\nInhumane warfare conduct has been one of the most shameful facets of the Vietnam War. Over 80 million litres of chemicals, including agent Orange were sprayed in the Vietnam War. However, the Geneva Protocol, sign(a) in 1925 clearly prohi... '