Vietname War Topic now I see
A decade prior to the start of the war, The United States had been a signatory to SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization), in which the U.S., France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan pledged to prevent communism from gaining ground and spreading in South Asia. Lyndon B. Johnson saw two scenarios, do nothing and let North Vietnam control South Vietnam , and potentially allow communism to spread all over South Asia; OR interfere and ally with South Vietnam and potentially win the war to stop communism in that region. But no matter how many troops L.B.J. sent, the US could not win the war as the North Vietnamese were too strong, and the US troops did not really have any morale as over 58,000 troops were killed. Also back home, there were huge anti-war protests and people raging over innocent Vietnamese being killed (and sometimes raped) by American forces. In terms of it being a blunder or not, it could have been a blunder militarily strategy wise, as we should have had way more intel on the amount of VietCong, tactics and all that; AND also that 2 years after in 1975, North Vietnam overran an unsuspecting South Vietnam and currently Vietnam is "communist", but its more socialist now; Once North Vietnam controlled the South, the South, corruption was wide spread and it didnt really pan out well. So maybe military wise it was a blunder, but overall I believe it was just a waste, as the end result would have been the same (maybe with a less amount of communists), but yea.
