The US had it eyes set on Vietnam few years before a term - Vietcong was first mentioned. The biggest threat to the world peace since ww2 was ready to nuke Vietnam because they wanted an independence from a colonial ruler, and you support that threat today. Interesting. The title of the article attached could be applied today, some 70 years later. How the Ukraine crisis, ratcheted up under 3 U.S. Presidents. Some things never change.
"In 1954, the French suffered a catastrophic defeat at Dien Bien Phu, bringing their colonial reign to an end. Some U.S. officials had pushed for air strikes, including the possible use of nuclear weapons, to save the French position. "
