Vietnam

Vietnam Vietnam How the United States got involved with the Vietnam war begins with United States supporting Vietnamese ruler Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam against the North which had just recently fell to communism. The CIA helped Ngo Dinh Diem to win the elections by rigging them, and so therefore he became increasingly dictatorial. About Vietnam Kennedy said, “it’s a test of American responsibility and determination” to prevent communist domination in Vietnam. Because for communism to be successful, everyone must be communist, and they did not want Vietnam to fall to it. Kennedy increased aid to South Vietnam and sent 16,000 military advisers, many of whom saw action in the escalating guerrilla war. Both Kennedy and Diem were assassinated in November, 1963. Lyndon Johnson then took over, and continued the increased military aid to South Vietnam. In 1964, the U.S.S. Maddox clashed with the communist patrol boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. So I feel that the United States efforts in Vietnam should be praised because they were trying to prevent the spread of communism which could be a big threat if everyone was to fall to it. So the United States was trying to protect its own nation, much less vietnam, war, united, states, about, people, over, government, argue, south, should, kennedy, feel, every, diem, communist, communism, began, because, very, trying, troops, public, protect, prevent, out, one, ngo, military, lot, long, just, increased, fought, first, fighting