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Finally...We are getting somewhere.Maybe similar to Korean war we did not want a neighbour to become an underdog of US and hostile. Plus Mao was weak upon the beggings of Hu Zhi Ming. Of course, we had obligations for the communist movements and were supporting the good side of the country, the communists at that time.
So what you are saying is that China had no real obligations to get involved in Viet Nam. The ideological obligation you mentioned is really an option. Post WW II, Viet Nam was still nominally under another country's jurisdiction, namely -- France. Therefore, Viet Nam had no treaties with China to hold over China's head, correct ? Viet Nam had no debt to call from China, correct ? In other words, saying that Mao had an 'obligation' was a strain on the imagination.
This means what I have been saying all along is true -- that if China stayed out of Viet Nam post WW II, the Vietnam War would 99.999% NOT happened. The US would have rebuffed France and Indochina would have been under UN trusteeship towards independence.
By the way, it was the Viet Minh who invited France back into Viet Nam, did you know that ? Probably not.
Right...So am supposed to be grateful to China ?Are you not thankful that you became a citizen of free world because of Vietnam war?