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Even so, I don't think the Vietnam War was justified. I suppose we felt that Korea was successful, and we had enough hubris to think that we were going to be able to get in and get out easily. brettd | High School Teacher | (Level 2) Educator Emeritus.
If you consider that in todayâs world, the United States could go to war if China attacks Taiwan and almost certainly would go to war if North Korea attacks South Korea, the use of U.S. military force to defend South Vietnam against North Vietnam at the height of the Cold War seems less puzzling.