America asked them for help, one day Australia might ask America for help. Australia was semi-surrounded with communist encroachment from it's north/northeast/northwest directions.
to prevent communism from spreading in Southeast Asia
Part of the cold war.
Vietnam did not hate the Khmer Rouge. The main reasons that Vietnam sent troops to help defeating the Rouge are considered of 2 reasons: 1/ Vietnamese troops will loot resources from area that they travel by. 2/ Cambodia is Vietnam's close neighbour, and the Khmer might attack the borders of Vietnam.
In 1900, Australia had a few problems:DefenceTravel (railway gauges)Economy
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.
The main sport played in Vietnam is soccer.
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!
South Vietnamese disliked Victimization for a few different reasons. The main reason was because of the term of the US policy.
Australia's main sport is cricket, followed by AFL - Australian Rules football (not soccer).
The long term effect in the US has been the abolishment of the draft and the ALL VOLUNTEER army that replaced it. And the US voting age being lowered from 21 to 18.
Mostly motorbikes are used in Vietnam