The Korean war
The United States sought to prevent the expansion of Communism in Southeast Asia and therefore tried to support right-wing dictatorships throughout Southeast Asia, like South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Laos, and the Kingdom of Thailand, against Communist North Vietnam.
Put a check on communist aggression.
President Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to deepen American involvement in Vietnam. And as early as February 1965, U.S. planes began to bomb North Vietnam. American troop strength in Vietnam increased to more than 180,000 by the end of the year and to 500,000 by 1968. ChaCha!
contain communism
Part of the cold war.
The military draft was the real MAIN reason for the protests.
the main reason was because in the wet and muddy jungles of Vietnam the guns would often jam and cost the lives of many American troops
Stop communism, preserve the RVN (Republic of South Vietnam).
They feared it could lead to future U.S. involvement in European Wars .
The US. Only the US was bombing North Vietnam. Although American and Australian men 'o war were bombarding North Vietnam along their coastline.
to end American involvement in Muslim countries to rid the muslim world western influence