When two things are different, it’s commonly referred to as ‘apples and oranges’.
And I wasn’t referring to some post-exit support or lack thereof - I was speaking about the ‘50s, when we should have been supporting Ho Chi Minh in VN’s bid for independence, instead of the corrupt puppets we ended up with, trying to play nice with France.
We could have had as much influence as China or Soviets in the development of that region had we done so. Vietnam was never friendly with China (as later events proved out), and the Soviets were happy to play the proxy war. Vietnam was one of America’s classic self-inflicted wounds - but that’s hindsight for you.
I recommend you go back and re your #5.
Your current argument is patently shameful in that you defend your conclusion by now introducing an irrelevant premise, that being a reference to the French defeat earlier in the '50s. That is an exercise in intellectual dishonesty.