• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        The Vietnam War was fought almost entirely because of some dumb political theory that’s total bullshit.

        But if you want a less depressing answer, then look up the Pig War between the US and Britain.

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          10 months ago

          Successful communist government would encourage more communist revolutions. It’s not completely mad.

          The US largely fought in Vietnam to keep France in NATO. It stayed after France gave left because it didn’t want communism to spread.

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            10 months ago

            The US largely fought in Vietnam to keep France in NATO.

            Interesting. What’s the story there? NATO treaty limits it so that it wouldn’t have included Vietnam