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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
The US was involved in Vietnam because the Soviet Union was involved in Vietnam. (also because of China and their own desire to spread their charming brand of "peoples revolution" where children get mad at their parents and have their parents executed. Believing they aren't related is absurd. It was already a war between north and south when the French left and before the Soviets/US got involved. It wasn't going to end well for anyone, no matter what.
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It doesn't matter who else was involved in Vietnam (which was at least in their sphere of influence), the bottom line is it was not our business, it posed zero threat to us, we shouldn't have been there and the entire escapade did nothing but taint the reputation of the country. Same as more recent wars.
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Originally Posted by baddog
I have to ask, how many Vietnamese do you think were killed in that war?
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It's impossible to know how many were killed. Probably at least one million though. Why?