Would you have supported the Vietnam War at any point?

[JohnRM]

No; If I were the same person I am now when the Vietnam War became an issue, I would not have supported direct U.S. involvement.

The Vietnamese people had been fighting a war of independence against multiple foes for decades. They were resilient, well-adapted to conflict, and determined. It should have been plainly obvious from the very start that it was a war that only the Vietnamese people could win. Whether that meant communists in the north or the western-backed government of the south, it had to be Vietnamese blood that determined the future of that country. Putting American and Allied boots on the ground may have ensured a communist victory. They might have won regardless, but our goal was nevertheless hurt by our own direct involvement.

In principle, I would have supported the arming of a particular side, but I do not believe that either side had the moral high ground. At the time, with the Cold War ongoing, I might have supporting arming the south, anyway, but it is hard to tell from my perspective this day, despite the fact that I lived through the Cold War. I can attest that one's state of mind during those days was quite different from life in absence of it.