Are Failed Nations a greater threat to us then stable ones?

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Ronin:
You guys are so sensitive about the most trivial stuff

Ronin:
hurf my cuntry is betre than yours watch me wave my richard because histroy absolved meee heh

Retz:
My history teacher told us that we owe China 300 billion dollars and since there economy is good they don't really care as much. But if their economy goes bad while ours is too, they will be demanding that 300 billion. This could lead to a war.

Ronin:
Yeah because we're not China's #1 consumer.

Conan:

--- Quote from: IceBlue on November 13, 2009, 03:26:25 AM ---Communism was spreading through South-East Asia and America didn't like the "Domino effect" it was having. One country would fall, then the next, then the next and so on and so forth.

Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnam's communist leader, wanted to take over south Vietnam (from my understanding). USA saw this as an opportunity to put a stop to this Domino effect. Australia also pitched in in fear of Communism eventually spreading even more south.

EDIT:

The war was unpopular for three main reasons:

Conscription

People were getting conscripted out of nowhere. This was frowned upon.

Corruption

There was evidence that Diem (The leader of South Vietnam (I think)) was corrupt.

I forget the third one. Anyone remember it?

--- End quote ---

I REMEMBER

Its because there was unauthorized killings and rapes by US soldiers, causing anger at the troops stationed there.

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