Comment by smitty1e

2 hours ago

Saw the link to the full article below.

Chomsky never gets around to a teleological argument as to why US intervention in Vietnam was wrong; it's all so much quoting and puffery.

US involvement was unnecessary in Vietnam because unlike the Koreans, communist Vietnam hated China, and was in no danger of being their ally (puppet.)

Mcnamara actually explained this at some point. That’s why we are allies with Vietnam today and not North Korea.