What was the importance of the US entering the Vietnam war?

Question: What was the importance of the US entering the Vietnam war!?
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Vietnam wanted to deal with fighting between factions (such as the Viet Cong) and tensions between itself and the French settlers by itself, like a real country!. The U!.S!. Came in and meddled and made things worse, just like in the Korean War, which could have ended after a few months had the U!.S!. not been stubborn and had its own agenda!.

The importance is that basically we caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives unnecessarily, both on our side and that of the Viet Cong by entering and deciding to stay for about 15 years!. It made no difference to the Vietnamese other than they felt they had to defend their homeland now too, as well as engage in civil war!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It was never an official war, just a conflict!. Main reason at beginning was to keep the communism out of vietnam i think, then the reason was blurred and no one knew why the americans were there after a few years!. Was a big pointless fight anyway!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I got the same question for my Canadian History, for us it was a mark of independence to further become a separate and more developed nation!. (I'm sure you could put that) It opened the door to further international awareness of the country and would later lead to social and political allies!.

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The first 30 minutes of "Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War", a documentary/mini series by Ken Burns, will answer this question!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It wasn't a war before they got involvedWww@QuestionHome@Com