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Couldn't agree more.
From the beginning our positions in Vietnam were about supporting big money. That's kinda become the American MO. If you want to find out why our government takes a certain position just take 'Deep Throat's' advice and , "follow the money".
No doubt many USA interventions have taken place to defend specific corporate economic interest, but Nam was not one. George F. Kennan's anti-communist policy of "Containment", as opposed to "rollback" or "appeasement" was US foreign policy since 1946 till Nixon's policy change to "Detente". The US and it's allies practised "Containment" on every continent, NATO was a product of it, as was SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Ogr.).
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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