There was no direct threat to America, other then they intended to be a communist state.
"Other then they intended to be a communist state." You mean just that little old thing? In the sense of, pshaw, why worry about a tiny little technicality like that?
Let me try to change your perspective a little. In the context of the lengthy, and fascinating argument we've been having on the thread about whether it was right for us to ally with Stalin during WWII, and whether it was right for us to allow Stalin to remain in Eastern Europe after WWII, because those people suffered tremendously under Stalin, and in light of the tremendous suffering experienced in China after their country became communist, ditto North Korea, ditto Cuba, etc., etc., and in light of the suffering which was experienced in Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos after we threw in the towel and the communists took over, let me summarize my thoughts like this:
"Wow."
In my opinion, what we did wrong was quit. We should have done the job right and saved those poor doomed human beings from the hell they suffered after we left them in the lurch.
Think of the killing fields in Cambodia under that evil bastard Pol Pot. Never would have happened if we had stayed. Never should have happened.
If you think otherwise, let's agree to disagree. |
