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Originally Posted by Americano
I agree with global market expansion being the primary reason for Vietnam's economic growth but disagree with your somewhat nebulous opinion on the issue of would that change have occured with ongoing US attempts at conquering Vietnam.
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You consider an attempt to assist an allied government against an insurgency to be equatable to an attempt to 'conquer Vietnam'?
How so?
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Vietnam had already fought for 100-years
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And Korea had fought for independence from outside powers for at least 50 years. That didn't stop an ad hoc division of the country from ultimately transforming into a permanent arrangement.
Up until
at least Diem's assassination, there was a real chance that a similar situation would take hold in Vietnam.