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some thoughts on the Viet Nam war.
by graycat 5y ago
some thoughts on the Viet Nam war.
- dragonwriter 5y agoA whole lot of excess words here, because the key point was here: “The US […] supported the French return to Viet Nam.” It was a US continuation of the reassertion of French imperialism, and as long as that imperialism continued, Hanoi wasn’t looking to roll over and avoid conflict, but to win it. Which, you know, they did. The opportunity to avoid the war was for the US not to try to take over the failed French imperialist mission.
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- fsckboy 5y agowhat you are saying is just not true. France gave up any claim to Vietnam in 1954. The US involvement was to attempt to stem the spread of communism, not to help the French.