re: #224 HappyWarrior
We got tasked in cleaning up a French mess and a Vietnamese Civil War and the side we took weren’t nearly as pure as they portrayed themselves to be. Not that the Communists were saints but from what I know about Vietnam’s history, I understand why what happened happened.
IIRC, Ho Chi Minh looked first to the US when he was seeking anti-colonialist support after WWII. That went nowhere because of mindless US anti-communism.