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Because a single vote of the security council could cancel any such action.

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They didn't have enough members of U.N. who thought this was anything more than a Civil War.

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Q: Why did the U.S. Intervene in the Vietnam war?
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We were at war with Vietnam because they disagreed with us about something.


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