# Did the 1960's anti-Vietnam-war protests achieve anything?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-1960s-anti-vietnam-war-protests-achieve-anything/1000751 "2024-04-25T18:03:55Z")
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### Author: ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-1960s-anti-vietnam-war-protests-achieve-anything/1000751/38 "2024-04-28T11:01:33Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> While some protestors only wanted to end the Viet Nam war, quite a lot wanted to end war in general.

And yet most of them stopped protesting the moment the draft ended.

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