I generally have a very hard time understanding war motives, and I’m always afraid answers might be biased.
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The vietnam war was one of many proxy wars fought between the americans and the russians AND TO AN EXTENT CHINA. during the cold-war. The USA invaded to stop Vietnam and the surrounding regions (Cambodia, Laos from becoming communist states and attempt to make these countries allies so that they would be able to station their military to contain China. One of these proxy wars was In Korea where the communist North supported by China/Russia fought against the South who were supported by the USA/UN.
So yeah, just a war against the spread of communism in the world of which Vietnam was one of the major occurrences.
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