Who were the good guys in the Vietnam War?

[Stavroforos]

In the spirit of the WWI thread, same idea here.

[Tiberios]

Well for me it is easy. The Commies were the bad guys.

[uzi716]

I love America but, it wasn't our war and we really should have gotten involved. Plus, we lost over 58,000 young Americans in the war...so I hate to say it but the Vietnamese were the good guys

[sandard]

are you crazy we weren't the one that kill,rape villagers. usa is the bad guy because of usa stupid president kenedy

[clandestino]

The pu tangs...and the commies.

[vopohame]

the indigenous montagnards, fighting against persecution from the vietnamese

[Koelkastmagneet]

There were no good guys, the concept of a good side in itself is ridiculous.

[vopohame]

which is why the montagnards are the "good guys" as they are the only ones who had a legitimate reason for fighting

[Hookah Smoking Caterpiller]

The Viet-minh

[Barry Goldwater]

Neither, as with most wars. We should never have gone in there in the first place.

Though as much as it pains me to say it, the North Vietnamese & Vietcong came much closer than the authoritarian, corrupt, unstable and utterly incompetent South Vietnamese regime(s).

[CiviC]

Only innocent civilians ...

[Babur]

nobody was the "good guys" in the Vietnam War since it simply wasn't as clear cut as that.

[conon394]

I have to agree with uzi716.

It was a war the US should not have fought - we should have put the screws to France after WW2 they got a UN SC seat and a lot big 5 credit they did not deserve they should never have been allowed to keep their colonial empire. So I say not bad guys but certainly fantastically foolish guys on the US side - if we had forced a French withdrawal who knows maybe Ho Chi Mihn might have been one of our biggest cold war allies.

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

I have to agree with uzi716.

It was a war the US should not have fought - we should have put the screws to France after WW2 they got a UN SC seat and a lot big 5 credit they did not deserve they should never have been allowed to keep their colonial empire. So I say not bad guys but certainly fantastically foolish guys on the US side - if we had forced a French withdrawal who knows maybe Ho Chi Mihn might have been one of our biggest cold war allies.

Hey, much as I am not France's greatest fan, what right does America have to tell them what they can and can't keep? Same with us and the Suez. None of their business.

[Pious Agnost]

Hey, much as I am not France's greatest fan, what right does America have to tell them what they can and can't keep? Same with us and the Suez. None of their business.

I doubt the US would have interfered in the Suez Canal, if the Soviet Union had not threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt.

[cupoftea]

Rambo

Seriously though, I don't realy believe in "good guys" in a war, so none for me.

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

Rambo

Seriously though, I don't realy believe in "good guys" in a war, so none for me.

WW2?

I admit that that is an isolated example.

[Menelik_I]

North Vietnam tore down the agreement and invaded South Vietnam, they sound like the bad guys to me.

As for the "Corrupt Uber-evil South Vietnamese" government, lets keep in mind that both South Korea and Taiwan were able to transition to a Democratic regime a few decades down the road under US protection, something that never happened in any Commie country. China is still the same dictatorship, just like North Korea, while those that were under pro-american regimes are now democracies. So this is not even something to argue with, cause at least in Asia Democratic under USA protection is proven possibility.

[Vanoi]

North Vietnam tore down the agreement and invaded South Vietnam, they sound like the bad guys to me.

Its not exactly that black and white.

As for the "Corrupt Uber-evil South Vietnamese" government, lets keep in mind that both South Korea and Taiwan were able to transition to a Democratic regime a few decades down the road under US protection, something that never happened in any Commie country.

Yes, but there is no evidence to support South Vietnam becoming a democracy. In fact South Vietnam is really to blame for everything considering they refused to hold elections in accordance with the Geneva Accords in 1956. they cited fair elections could not be held because of the North, and thus then decided to have their own elections (a fraud election)

Ho Chi Minh was a hero to the Vietnamese people like Washington was to the Americans. The better thing would have been to support Ho Chi Mihn instead of the very corrupt and unpopular South Vietnamese.

[hellheaven1987]

Hey, much as I am not France's greatest fan, what right does America have to tell them what they can and can't keep? Same with us and the Suez. None of their business.

When you use US money, you ask US first when you do anything.

About Suez, it was rather because France and Britain got scare and asked US's permission and support; if they did not ask, may be things would turn much favor to them.