Further OT, but -
Some (a very small part) of my views were influenced by visiting "The Museum of American War Crimes" in Ho Chi Minh City.
A well known biased source. "Winners" are grinners, and can - and do - write their own "history".
I find it staggering that Australians supported this madness and I do have trouble understanding that some still believe this was a "just" war.
The link below might explain.
The Viet Cong were committing atrocities on their people and the communist bloc (particularly the USSR) were spreading their influence and inciting uprisings around the globe wherever they could.
Should we have sat back and done nothing? They were different times, and who knows what may have happened if the USSR and China had been allowed to bring the whole country under their influence in the early 1960's.
Why Australia entered the War, Why did Australia become involved in the Vietnam War?, Australia in the Vietnam War Era, History Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia