Quote Originally Posted by sumguy
It was principle, not to take away anything from the soldiers that did fight and died. It was principle man, Vietnam was not about defending the country, it was bout the US interefering with other nations, which they continue today.
To add with respect to religion as justification for not going to war, muslims are permitted to go to defensive war when someone attacks their home. Had Vietnam attacked he would not have dodged, but they didnt did they.
Communism was a real threat at that time and the US was not "interferring" as you said, FRANCE needed help in Vietnam and we went to help them and also we went to stop Communism.

If you want to blame anyone for Vietnam here are some to blame #1 FRANCE #2 Lyndon Johnson for micromanaging the war