I dunno, i think General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette made all the difference in the end...
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So we should have granted Vietnam its independence, but we were never going to hand the country over to Ho. There were a lot of political factions in Vietnam - Catholics, Buddhists, and various non-religious factions that were not communist. The advantage that the communists had was that they were unified (well, after Ho killed off the opposition) and organized. But they NEVER represented anything close to a majority of the population.
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And as I said before it all comes down to political wheeling and dealing. We could of, should of, but didnt does not cut it im sorry. For that matter im not sure what you're trying to defend here. I am aware of the complexities of post WW2 Vietnam however nothing you said again addresses with any of my points made earlier, though in some way it seems to reinforce them. Both the eastern and western forces were guilty of plying favor in the region and attempting to expand its regional base of power. We sought to maintain close ties with France and hence acquiesced to their bid for the region while Ho and the communists he worked with from outside the country sought to do the same in their way.
The people were mostly not communist, you are correct in this, but what does it matter? You could also say they were hardly democratic for that matter if you had wished. In the end the people were caught in the middle, and crushed, by both "Liberating" and "Freedom loving" sides.