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Why did the United States continually support the South Vietnamese for over ten years in their war with the north? Respond in at least two complete sentences.

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As part of their policy of containment and the Domino Theory. Explanation: They were committed to the corrupt government of President Diem as a bulwark against the communist north and Vietcong. The belief was like a line of dominoes if one country fell to communism it would set off a chain reaction like a line of dominoes falling.

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