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To put an end to the communist threat that was uprising in Vietnam, which was started by Ho-Chi-Mihn. Also to support the democratic South Vietnam.

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Q: Why did Johnson and his administration support an escalation of war in Vietnam?
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Why did so much of the American public and many in the Johnson administration support US escalation?

We did not support escalation in Vietnam except for a small amount who were afraid of communism. The war escalated after the Tet Offensive primarily, which was actually an action of the Vietnamese.


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By 1968 the Vietnam war and president Johnson's decling political support?

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