Vietnam had been fighting for independence since before World War II. They sustained the war throughout the French empire, and the Jap empire. After 54 and Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh decided matters on the battlefield. Eisenhower himself said that Ho would have won an all Vietnamese election. There was no reason for us to assist in partitioning the country. The war was lost.
For Christ sake Ho was our ally against the Japs.
Get your history straight....Vietnam was a ridiculous, and unessessary war.
Hmmm....I get my history from the same place as you...just because you tend to believe one view point from another doesn't mean you are right...and yet you have no comment on my remark about making amends with the French for not helping them against the Germans....you have to ask yourself...."what is the purpose of the American military???...to kill, maim, and destroy America's enemies".......so go blame the civilian leaders of your military at the time of Vietnam for not allowing the military to do it's job...