Just to point out the obvious non sequitir...
We did not attack North Vietnam, we were defending the South, so we did not attack a sovereign nation. In fact we never have attacked first, Iraq included since it was an extension of the Kuwait invasion.
The cold war, something entirely different.
Again, you guys are not the CIA, and your motives have little to do with good vs. evil or freedom vs. socialism.
They were there strictly for the numbers.
We, during Clinton’s administration, attacked Serbia. Yes, we did attack Iraq.