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Wow ! Not even a hundred years has passed and we already have those far fetched self-serving delusions posing as historical analysis ? How about... cynically bl

Wow ! Not even a hundred years has passed and we already have those far fetched self-serving delusions posing as historical analysis ? How about... cynically bleed out communists willingness to fight in one place, to deter any other place in south east asia to even think about charting an independant course ? It's as good as any other explanation IMHO.

refurb 4y ago
Delusions? It’s right in the Pentagon Papers. France had no ability to reclaim its former colonies after WW2. They want Indochina back as a colony (money and prestige) and the US wanted to stop communist expansion there and create an alliance to stop communism in Western Europe. France let it be known without support in Indochina it may not be very helpful in Western Europe. The US did not support Europe taking back their pre-WW2 colonies, but like most political decisions, decided that containing communism was of greater importance. As a result, the US was bankrolling most of France's attempt to get their Indochina colony back in the 1950's. By the time France left in '54, the US was already deeply involved and committed. Nothing new here.
wheelerof4te 4y ago
That is an even lamer excuse. "We attacked them because they are the filthy communists!" So what?! They are the communists, not you. If it works for them, does it need to work for you? If capitalism works for the US, does it have to work for Vietnam or any other country? I believe that the true reason for war was refusal of the US to hand over the gold to France and other countries which foolishly kept some of their gold in the US. Of course, the gold was either spent or confiscated by US. So, the US needed to fabricate a huge spending operation to justify the fiat expansion of the USD, leading ultimately to the creation of the petrodollar system which replaced the old gold system. And what better spending operation than a war? Even better, a war thousands of miles away from home, against far weaker enemy forces. Nevertheless, those forces prevailed in the end. But the true winner still, was the US. It had unshackled itself from the world's gold-backed financial system and ushered in a new era of dominance.

refurb 4y ago

Delusions? It’s right in the Pentagon Papers. France had no ability to reclaim its former colonies after WW2. They want Indochina back as a colony (money and prestige) and the US wanted to stop communist expansion there and create an alliance to stop communism in Western Europe. France let it be known without support in Indochina it may not be very helpful in Western Europe. The US did not support Europe taking back their pre-WW2 colonies, but like most political decisions, decided that containing communism was of greater importance. As a result, the US was bankrolling most of France's attempt to get their Indochina colony back in the 1950's. By the time France left in '54, the US was already deeply involved and committed. Nothing new here.

wheelerof4te 4y ago

That is an even lamer excuse. "We attacked them because they are the filthy communists!" So what?! They are the communists, not you. If it works for them, does it need to work for you? If capitalism works for the US, does it have to work for Vietnam or any other country? I believe that the true reason for war was refusal of the US to hand over the gold to France and other countries which foolishly kept some of their gold in the US. Of course, the gold was either spent or confiscated by US. So, the US needed to fabricate a huge spending operation to justify the fiat expansion of the USD, leading ultimately to the creation of the petrodollar system which replaced the old gold system. And what better spending operation than a war? Even better, a war thousands of miles away from home, against far weaker enemy forces. Nevertheless, those forces prevailed in the end. But the true winner still, was the US. It had unshackled itself from the world's gold-backed financial system and ushered in a new era of dominance.