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US world leadership has long declined because much of the public is fooled to support a destructive foreign policy, by falsely believing the US nobly entered Viet Nam in 1954 to fight communists. So, they presume foreign policy worldwide since then has continued to be noble. But during 1865–1954, US businesses operated in Viet Nam, enabled by French invasion violence. Free of blame for that ignoble origin of the 1960s US-Viet Nam War, the largest since 1945, US leaders have continued through 2024 to pursue US business expansion by force.
That violates the Golden Rule. Foreign citizens react. US leadership, trade, and economy have tumbled.
For the past 50 years, efforts by some voters to have the US pursue peace have failed, for the main reason that a large number of voters falsely believe US intent is noble, fighting terrorism. Peace-minded voters have tried various arguments since the 1975 end of the Viet Nam War to convince more voters. But that is destined to fail as long as some voters have the above-described belief: That the purpose in Viet Nam was noble, so the purpose must have continued through 2024 to be noble.
Now, with the truth revealed, voters who were fooled can review their false presumption of a noble effort. They can see that in Viet Nam, US leader tried to continue a prior century of US business expansion by force. So, the presumption of noble foreign policy is gone.
Understandably busy caring for families and personal lives, voters also have a duty to reclaim the public role of providing guidance to the general direction of foreign policy. Soldiers who die for foreign policy deserve that much.
Also, some youth who do school shootings see US leaders use of violence to solve problems in Gaza and other places worldwide. Some kids follow the US leaders’ model of violence.
The false claim of a 1954 US entry into Viet Nam for a noble purpose is ludicrous for two reasons. First, for almost 90 years before 1954, US businesses were there, enabled by French force. That was far from a noble purpose.
Viet Nam defeated France in 1954, so, US leaders attacked in 1955, trying to continue the business. That was the real reason for the US-Viet Nam War.
The second false assertion is that a country called “North Viet Nam” existed. That falsity is also ludicrous. The 1954 Geneva Accords did not create any such country. It is “an absurd concept” to think the Accords did, historian Joseph Buttinger wrote. Click here or full quote. The Accords simply set up two “regrouping zones” in the existing, single nation of Viet Nam. One zone was the north half of Viet Nam, and the other zone was the south half. The purpose was to separate the armies of the two sides, entangled in many places.
Moreover, Article 14(a) says, in plain words, that France had a temporary duty to administer the southern “regrouping zone” until elections. No other entity had any right to administer there. No “South Vietnam” was mentioned. How US leaders claimed it governed there is the stuff of fairy tales.
US soldiers found out the hard way: Viet Nam’s overwhelming majority in the south had helped defeat the French in 1954. After 1954, they did not disappear. They defended against the US.
Corporate Tsunami in Countryside Paradise : 1875–1900 Origin of US War in Viet Nam (2020) details the early US business. And, in the 1940s, US leaders set up a system for worldwide business expansion, often by force. In 1954, the US pressured France to depart from Viet Nam. And, US leaders attacked trying to continue the early business.
Foreign Policy Fault Line 1619–2024, with US in Viet Nam 1865–1975 (late 2025) spotlights numerous fact patterns that show the matters covered above. This volume details how these matters are part of the 1619–2024 pursuit of US business expansion, often by force. Nine examples of areas and topics show how this system has operated worldwide through 2024.
The Teachers page in this website uses the fact patterns as aids. A pattern of 22 Facts shows that business expansion, often by force, started in 1619 and never abated. One fact is that a 1943 State Dept report is titled, “The Future Status of Indochina [Viet Nam] as an Example of Future Colonial Relationships.” It says not one word about communism.
At Viet Nam’s April 30, 2025 celebration of its 1975 victory, Viet Nam said that a US-Viet Nam strategic partnership exists, but that the war was a US imperial invasion. That was an appeal to the US public, if not the US government, to state the truth.
But until now, the false claim of a noble, 1954 entry has prevented virtually all of the public from knowing the real origin of the war. Another block against the true facts is that virile racism that has dogged the US for 400 years. Many racists just don’t care.
Now, armed with the real reason for the war and its effect today, most voters can muster up the energy to raise their families and to give knowledgeable general guidance to foreign policy. Compared to the sacrifice of soldiers, that is a duty on the public.
Photo 1. After US business expansion in Viet Nam 1865–1954, enabled by force, and after attacking Viet Nam during 1954–1975 to continue that business, US leaders pursued a similar practice worldwide. This 2007 photo shows the US training soldiers in Niger. US “security” enabled US ally France to take Niger minerals at low cost. France paid Niger 1/250 the value of its uranium. Much of Niger lived in poverty. In 2024, Niger kicked the US out. Public domain photo 2007, Wikipedia: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Larson.
From 1865 onward, much of Viet Nam’s rice, grown in fields like shown here, was stolen by French colonials and sent overseas, some on US ships. The rice supported growth of the French and US economies. Widespread malnutrition struck Viet Nam in the 1880s. It lasted through the entire colonial period. Photo by Kieran Barry (2021).