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>First, it's a country and their people want to remain independent from the US. My understanding of the war was the USA wasn't there to make Vietnam the 51st S
by hourislate 5y ago
>First, it's a country and their people want to remain independent from the US.
My understanding of the war was the USA wasn't there to make Vietnam the 51st State. They were there fighting a proxy war against the Russians and Chinese and to protect the south of the country that wanted nothing to do with the communists.
- bigbillheck 5y ago> the south of the country that wanted nothing to do with the communists How could the Viet Cong have been as successful as they were if they didn't have substantial support in the south? There was supposed to have been a referendum on re-unification in 1956, but it was cancelled by South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem.
- IncRnd 5y ago> They were there fighting a proxy war against the Russians and Chinese and to protect the south of the country that wanted nothing to do with the communists. Vietnam was absolutely a second world country at that time, and it was an awful proxy war for many people. The theory that was used was the domino theory, that if a first world country would fall to a second world country, then others would start to fall in a "line of dominos".