Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War An infamous photo of General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting an alleged terrorist in handcuffs during the Tet Offensive also provoked public outcry. Another element of the American opposition to the war was the perception that U.S. intervention in Vietnam, which had been argued as acceptable because of the domino theory and the threat of communism, was not legally justifiable. Some Americans believed that the communist threat was used as a scapegoat to hide imperialistic intentions, and others argued that the American intervention in South Vietnam interfered with the self-determination of the country and felt that the war in Vietnam was
The Internet during the Cold War too far behind the Soviet Union. To help prevent nuclear attack, enhance the United States technology, and ensure the safety of the people the ARPAnet was created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, later DARPA), a branch of the military that developed top secret systems and weapons during the Cold War. Although the internet that we know of today differs greatly from the ARPAnet, it served its purpose of preventing a nuclear strike well. The internet is sometimes considered, "A Child of the Cold War" or "The Cold War's Baby." Four computers were the first connected in the original