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Australia has traditionally been a good ally with the United States. There was no reason why they shouldn't assist us. The Australian people remember our sacrifice during the WWII Battle of the Coral Sea (at Australia's doorstep). As well as the numerous land battles that took place in the surrounding islands north and north east of their country, in which the Australians fought by our side. Vietnam is a lot closer to Australia, than it is to the US, the Australians knew that if the Americans were going to travel that far to combat communism, then it must be important, and when a friend needs a helping hand, the Australians have always helped a friend in need. Australians should not have been involved in the Vietnam War because it was a war of aggression. We and the USA had no business bolstering an unpopular and corrupt government in order to interfere with the democratic process be it to our taste or not. It was a war that could not be won and as it turned out was lost many people were killed as a result of the war and the effects are still felt by the Vietnamese as a result of chemical bombing. But most all because nothing was gained for any one but those that produced the weapons and the politics surrounding the war. One should not aid a bully because the bully helped protect you once.

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