What were some good reasons for us to be in the Vietnam War?

Answer 1

we were trying to stop the domino principle

Answer 2

It was seen as part of the policy of "containment" to prevent the expansion of communism and the USSR. The justification that was used at the time, was that all countries that had a communist government would become allied with the USSR, and South Vietnam was the key to stopping their take over of all of southeast Asia. By the time the war ended China had split off from the soviet block, and the argument no long made much sense.

Answer 3

You will probably have to make up some good reasons for us to have been in the Vietnam War. The real reasons were bad ones. And the reasons the government gave us, that we were saving the world from communism, were false ones.

Answer 4

While we were there it seemed there were many, but now, thanks to time and distance we see that there were no good reasons. Robert McNamara and his buddies in General Dynamics, Dow Chemical, Colt Arms, etc, saw it as a great way to get rich. I saw it as a way to lose a brother and several good friends. We accomplished nothing, we did not stop the growth of communism, we did not make the world more safe. We alienated an entire generation.

Answer 5

There weren't any and the whole could have been easily avoided as far back as shortly after WW II. Sounds a lot like this stupid so called war that we're in now....If history teaches us anything it's that we fail to learn anything from history....

Sorry this doesn't answer your question....I guess to spread American culture and values around the globe under the disguise of containing communism would be one.