The Vietnam Commitment

American involvement in the Vietnam War happened for many reasons. Some of people believed at the time that American involvement was necessary because if Vietnam fell to communism, then all of Asia might fall to communism with all of the Northern Vietnamese, Chinese, and Soviets trying to spread it. The United States was trying to fully be active in their "War Against Communism." Historians, however, say the war was part of a U.S. imperialistic plan. I believe that because of the continuing Cold War with Russia, it was important to protect Southern Korea for communism because, if not, and Korea fell to communism, it would appear that America wasn't committed to their cause, Russia was more dominant than the United States, and that we lost the Cold War (which was unacceptable).