text: viewpoints on the vietnam war...please help? so our history teacher just kind of gave us this sheet without teaching us anything...  1. why did the us originally get involved in the war? 2. were all oppones of ngo dinh diem commmunists? 3. was diem a good leader? 4. was america right to allow and approve of the overthrow of diem? 5. should congress have rejected gulf of tonkin resolution? 6. sate four reasons why we were in vietnam. 7. why didn’t the us win the war between 1965 and 1968? 8. which side committed atrocities?  any help is greatly appreciated. :d 1. why did the us originally get involved in the war?  under truman and kennedy, the u.s. became involved in order to supress communism in the region. during such time, the u.s. involvement was an advisory role. this changed during the johnson administration.   2. were all oppones of ngo dinh diem commmunists?  no. diem pissed off a lot of buddhists who had nothing to do with communism.   3. was diem a good leader?  that is a matter of perspective. arguably, he was a good leader so long as he had u.s. support.   4. was america right to allow and approve of the overthrow of diem?  no. this caused a chain reaction of events leading to several coups after diem was assasinated and destabalized the south vietnamese government.   5. should congress have rejected gulf of tonkin resolution?  this is a matter of opinion. in my opinion, congress should have rejected it because the resolution was based on a falsified incident. such information was not know at the time of the ratification.  6. sate four reasons why we were in vietnam.  1. to stop the spread of communism 2. to protect the south vietnamese people from ho chi minh and the communists in north vietnam. 3. to help develop a new democratic country 4. to support our french allies  note: no one said these were good reasons.    7. why didn’t the us win the war between 1965 and 1968?  the war was never intended to be won by the u.s. if the u.s. was supposed to win, military victory over north vietnam could have been achieved in less than a month.   8. which side committed atrocities?  both sides... war is hell...