[zarf]

The Vietnam war was a French colonial conflict. The US was mistaken to get involved.

[Da Mav]

It started out as a French colonial conflict. But it evolved into a proxy fight between the communist world and the free world.

Characterizing Vietnam as a French colonial war is like saying WW2 was a battle over Poland. It started out that way, but rapidly assumed far greater geopolitical importance.

[A Jovial Cad]

Have you ever, even once, known what you're talking about?

The evidence to date says NO, but please feel free to provide a link.

[Frank T]

"The Vietnam war was a French colonial conflict. The US was mistaken to get involved."

Communist imperialsm, not French colonialism.

[Getsmart64]

The Vietnam war was a French colonial conflict. The US was mistaken to get involved.

There are theories out there that suggest that we got involved with Vietnam as an atonement for not aiding the French when they were attacked by the Germans in WWII....politics make for strange bedfellows and your remarks on this thread have been ignorant......