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As an American patriot and a student of history, I'm not conflicted at all. It was a horrific war and we never should have dipped our toes in. Diem was a dictator; the junta wasn't much better. Ho Chi Minh had broad popular support, something even US intelligence recognized. Dumbasses who believed in 'Domino Theory' escalated the shitshow, and cretins who believed in 'Realpolitik' continued it, until an ignominious withdrawal from a war that remains a stain on America's soul and culturally shattered a generation.
I think that the us escalated because they didn't want to appear weak.
It was all posturing.