06-07-2016, 04:04 PM
(06-07-2016, 11:16 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Ahhhhh Vietnam.
So, it is true that the US supported a bad government. And yes there were atrocities and injustices from that side of the fence.
On the other hand, the North Vietnamese really were a satellite of the Communist Bloc. There is no doubt. They were not some Vietnamese versions of the US late 1700s patriots. So, we had to do something. Of course, that something ought to have been swifter and more aggressive - e.g. actual invasion and occupation of North Vietnam. Meanwhile, the North also had their atrocities and injustices up the yin yang.
Oh, and then there was the 1000 year old animosity between the North and South that predated all modern geopolitics and domestic Vietnamese polity.
A classic mess.
An outright invasion of North Vietnam would have lead to China getting involved and that would have triggered World War 3, which is why it was never done.