Hey Hong Kong Expat,
while the frogs seriously screwed the pooch in Le Indochine, Ike refused to allow massive bombing in the hills around Dien Bien Phu. It would have been the end of Ho!!
It's the little decisions in life that make BIG consequences years later.
Somebody else would have lead the charge against the Frogs. If you were ruled by the frogs, what would it take for them to stop you?
Give Props to Ho Chi Minh, he hated the french before it was cool to hate the french.
:)