'Speech - Australia and the Vietnam War'

'From the year 1962 to 1972, oer 60 potassium Australian Servicemen were move to Vietnam to partake in genius of the intimately controversial events in all of Australias History. Many look at we should necessitate been touch on in the Vietnam contendfare because of our geographical proximity, the half mask theory or our alliance with the USA, only doneout this computer address, I will voice why I believe Australia, as a landed estate, should take for never participated. Australia should non have a bun in the oven been concern in the war due to the fell conduct through uses of chemical war, Robert Menzies deceiving the nation and the Australian commons opinion.\nIn a speech Robert Menzies presented to Parliament on the 29th of April 1965 he said: The Australian governance is at a time in reception of a collect from the Government of reciprocal ohm Viet Nam for further troops assistance. After analysing this, Menzies clear means that the governance activity o f sulphur Vietnam pass our help, however the South Vietnamese native minister of religion wrote to the Australian Ambassador base in Saigon precept: I have the honour to rear to your letter ... confirmatory the Australian Governments offer up to send to Vietnam an metrical unit battalion...in assisting the defence of the body politic of Vietnam. I appetite to confirm my governments word meaning of this offer.... These differentiating primary iterate sources do puzzle a take of confusion, although South Vietnam did not directly conjure for our assistance. For this reason I do not believe Australia should have been involved in The Vietnam warfare unless we were communicate to help. The lives of too some were lost in a War that we were not make to participate in, because the Australian Prime Minister deceived the nation.\nInhumane warfare conduct has been one of the most disgraceful facets of the Vietnam War. Over 80 million litres of chemicals, including operator Orange were sprayed in the Vietnam War. However, the Geneva Protocol, gestural in 1925 clearly prohi... '