The Vietnam War=the military draft!
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US involvement in the Vietnam War extended from the fear of communism held by the population. Being fearful that a spread in communism was occurring and that Vietnam was the first in a domino effect, the American public supported US intervention to contain the threat of communism. Once initiated, it was realized that there were many American lives being lost without a necessity to have been lost. A major event that turned public opinion against the war was the Tet Offensive, and seeing the carnage through media sources on the battlefield.
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
In America. the American soldiers? No. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese Viet-Cong? Yes.
Yes, the cold war was America's interest.
Vietnam was not a war it was an action.