Jay Parini - The U.S. invaded Vietnam because many in our government - Lyndon Johnson's best and...

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The U.S. invaded Vietnam because many in our government - Lyndon Johnson's best and brightest - imagined it could impose a government on that country that would provide a buffer against China and stop the supposedly rolling dominos of Communism.

Jay Parini

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Die Vereinigten Staaten drangen in Vietnam ein, weil viele in unserer Regierung - Lyndon Johnsons beste und klügste - vorstellten, sie könnten diesem Land eine Regierung auferlegen, die einen Puffer gegen China darstellen und die angeblich rollenden Dominosteine des Kommunismus stoppen würde.

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