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Sazerac7: 3 months ago

Why did the America fight in Vietnam

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crowtrobot: 3 months ago via Android | Last edited at 10:08PM on 2/15/2013

to.help the French originally,in,a u n police action,Kennedy was going to get us out he got killed and Johnson bought stock in munitions and Boeing aircraft,escalated the war and got rich,but i digress,nam, was a French colony,the communist came in and were beating the French so the united nations took over but we did the heavy lifting

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JDBoDean: 3 months ago via iPhone

LBJ was a scumbag.

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tralbry: 3 months ago

That's a weird interpretation on LBJs motivation. And undocumented, I suspect.

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crowtrobot: 3 months ago via Android

no lbj and his greed was well documented

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farmerjohn: 3 months ago

to stop communism!

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Dawnbreaker64: 3 months ago | Last edited at 10:03PM on 2/15/2013

They didn't approve of communism. They also think they can police the globe like it's theirs... They're stupid like that.

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farmerjohn: 3 months ago

we're not stupid -__-

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JuggaloPride: 3 months ago

My family tradition behind it and two of my ancestors happened to have fought for Confederate States of America if you even know what that is. I dare you to say that to an American Vietnam war veterans face and see what he has to say.

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JuggaloPride: 3 months ago

My family has a military tradition behind it.

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farmerjohn: 3 months ago

Or in the South! you'll be so toast -___-

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FunnyLittleFrog: 3 months ago

Oh baloney. The world would be a mess today without America's actions in say, WWII. Those My Little Ponies are American, also. What'd your country make that anyone cares about?

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farmerjohn: 3 months ago

what ever country she's/he's from, we should have let the nazis take it over, then kick some a lol

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tralbry: 3 months ago

WWII <> Vietnam. And yes, it is stupid to think you are the world's cop when you have your own narrow self-interests just like everybody else does. The US may have come out on top after WWII but that was an allied victory and certainly not all ours. The Soviets were just as key.

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Dawnbreaker64: 3 months ago

I am an American... Stop the hate.

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pkioko: 3 months ago

The most probable reason as to why the America fight in Vietnam is because they attempted to prevent the spread of Communism. Communists backed terrorists in Europe and Africa, South America and the Arabs in the Middle East.

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caluvox: 3 months ago

It was a hot battle in the cold war.

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MeowMixMan: 3 months ago

To be very technical, It was part of the Cold War. Communism was becoming more popular in smaller and poorer countries, and America and it's Democratic allies were worried that Russia(During the USSR period) would cause a Domino effect if it takes control(Really just assisting them to change to a communist government) of Vietnam. The Domino effect is the theory that if one country becomes communist, all nearby countries will also do the same. There was already a lot of communist countries in that section of the world, America feared that the USSR would gain extreme power and resources. So, we assisted the lower democratic section of Vietnam, and the USSR gave support to the northern communist government.

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JuggaloPride: 3 months ago

No communism.

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JDBoDean: 3 months ago via iPhone

The way it was explained to me by a man who was there from 1965 until the time we pulled out was that a large percentage of world trade went through that area and the Communists were trying to defeat Capitalism by controlling commerce in that area. That was his view. I don't know if he was right or not but it made sense to me at the time. Obviously Capitalism did survive after we pulled out so I don't know but when we did pull out of that area it left a lot of people helpless and the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot was able to commit great atrocities and genocide in Cambodia.
I don't know if we should have been there or not but it seems to me that if you are going to go to war you should go all out and win the war in the shortest time possible or don't bother. A lot of Americans died there and a lot of Americans (including my cousin who was like a big brother to me) suffered as a result of our involvement. Australia also sent troops and paid a price. I would hate to think it was all for nothing but maybe it was. We should still honor those who sacrificed and served. When the country called they answered.

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crowtrobot: 3 months ago via Android

it was really complex,at first troops would have to get permissions to return fire if fired on.the view cong,could be anyone and anywhere, Americas first politically correct war

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JDBoDean: 3 months ago via iPhone

Crazy. "Someone is shooting at us! Is it ok if we shoot back?" Wouldn't want to offend anyone or anything.
Fight a war or don't fight a war. If you're going to fight a war FIGHT IT! Don't pussyfoot around.

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tralbry: 3 months ago

Because of cold war paranoia and a certain theory, which wasn't so much about communism as it was fear of any people's movements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory

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ahm89: 3 months ago via iPhone

To show the world that we are capable to control the world same think that Hitler have before

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