Political Cartoons

Vietnam War Political Cartoons

As protesting kept happening over the war in Vietnam, people got fed up with the protesters. Some Americans were more upset about the young protestors than about the war. The protestors to the right are saying that the war in Vietnam is a dirty one while the figure to the left insists that all wars are dirty. This cartoon shows the ones against the war efforts as the unrealistic ones while the ones supporting the war effort say that no matter how awful it is, the U.S. was right to try and stop communism.

The U.S. claimed that their postion hasn't changed in the war despite the changing circumstances in Vietnam. The U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, the man on the left in the cartoon, changed American policy in Vietnam to use American soilders to attack communism in Vietnam. The cartoon is saying that President Johnson was lying about the American policy in Vietnam.



U.S. involvement in Asia grew gradually in the 1950's and 60's. This shows step-by-step the the involvement. At each step the U.S. hoped that the war in would conclude with victory.