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[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

holding certain views can still be distinct from actions.

True, but certain actions cannot be distinct from holding views.

You don't just wake up and start killing commies without motivation to do so.

Britain and Japan were still in post-war recovery and the ruling class made America world police. But Vietnam was never about that anti-commie excuse. It was all about G.O.D. (gold, oil, drugs + tin, rubber, other resources) and control of the Pacific trade route.