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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
IDK exactly what you mean by "necessary" in the above. It certainly accelerated the presence of US interests in the region, and cemented them.
You think bombing and invading Vietnam made them more amenable to US companies than not bombing and invading them would have? I dont see how this can be, but I guess we'll never know.
Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
The fall of the Soviet Union didn't happen in a vacuum. It wasn't all US maneuvering, but Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, others... all proxy conflicts in the cold war.
On that topic, the Soviets were definitely overspending on their military, something like 15% of their gdp. US currently spends about 3% for comparison. That was definitely a contributing factor to their collapse.
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