A) The Viet Cong increased its attacks on U!.S!. troops!.
B) South Vietnam's President Diem was assassinated!.
C) Two U!.S!. destroyers were attacked by the Viet Cong!.
D) North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>History> What prompted the United States to enter into an all-out war in Vietnam? 10 POINQuestion: What prompted the United States to enter into an all-out war in Vietnam!? 10 POINTS!!!? A) The Viet Cong increased its attacks on U!.S!. troops!.
B) South Vietnam's President Diem was assassinated!. C) Two U!.S!. destroyers were attacked by the Viet Cong!. D) North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: You are probably aiming at C!. The others are even more untrue!. We Never did enter into an all out war in Vietnam!. Who told you we did!? THe Gulf of Tonkin incident was just an excuse for LBJ to stick his long nose into it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com C!. However, the phrasing of your question is a little doubtful!. It wasn't, after all, all-out war!. It was a policy of escalation and restraint by the US!. After the US destroyers were engaged in the Gulf of Tonkin (although it's clear now that the attack was more perceived than real), the US began air strikes against North Vietnam, and when the VC attacked the airbases those strikes were launched from, the US reacted by sending in the Marines and gradually building up!. However, it was never all out war!. The US did not attack shipping in Haiphong harbor, for example, nor did they attack SAM missile sites until they were operational!. US pilots were tightly controlled in the areas they could attack targets in, and they were not allowed to hit enemy aircraft until they became airborne!. There were no nuclear weapons used, and there was no large scale invasion of North Vietnam by US and Allied forces!. A major conflict, yes!. All out war, not at all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com None of the above!. It was basically Political One-Upmanship!. America talked the talk as the leader of the free world and the number one anti-communist!.It had no choice but to take a stand!. You can't keep a dog and bark yourself!. All the above were just posturing events design to give justification for responsive actions!. You have to remember that both China and Russia had their advisers in the North!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Excellent answers: Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one unfortunate enough to have read LBJ's "Vantage Point"!. Among the heaps of BS is the statement;"Every time I call a play the Kennedy boys run away"!. and!.!.!.Johnson said to Senator Hubert Humphrey when he summoned him to the White House from Atlantic City four years earlier, kept him waiting an hour and a half, then told him that he was his choice for Vice President if he would keep his Go!.damn mouth shut about Vietnam--whatever that means!. s_e_sWww@QuestionHome@Com |