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Could you elaborate on how the Vietnam War succeeded in "protecting US business interests around the world"? In my view, first, the Vietnam War has little to d
by noobhacker 9y ago
Could you elaborate on how the Vietnam War succeeded in "protecting US business interests around the world"?
In my view, first, the Vietnam War has little to do with "business interest," more with containing the spread of communism.
Second, the Vietnam War did not succeed in containing communism. After the US's withdrawal, North Vietnam took the entire country, and North Vietnam allies came to power in Laos and Cambodia.
So I'd count the Vietnam War as a big loss in terms of containing communism, and a neutral in terms of protecting US business interest.
- Turing_Machine 9y ago> Second, the Vietnam War did not succeed in containing communism Sure it did, or at least it helped. As with many conflicts of that era, North and South Vietnam were proxies for the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. Note that the U.S.S.R. no longer exists. It's been completely eliminated from the face of the earth. That counts as winning, by most standards. Vietnam started the process of bleeding them dry, and Afghanistan finished it.