Back then, people believe that obelisk provide some sort of magical protection for Sacred Places ( Such as Temples).
We could almost find obelisks in every Temples that bult in ancient Egypt Period. Hope this helps
<span>Vietnam was a colony attempting to gain independence.
The conflict began as an independence movement of the Vietnamese against the French who held Vietnam as a colony since 1887.
France declared Vietnam's independence in 1954 but the US and the West wanted to keep control of the resources and area of Vietnam. US involvement was an attempt to keep Vietnam on the side of the West instead of becoming a Communist country as they were moving toward. </span>
Conservative commentators were against the recommendations to expand federal spending on the countries minorities. The conservative like usual enumerated the effect of such a policy on big businesses and the economy at large as conservative believes in free market forces in determining social and economic utility.