After WWII, an important faction in Washington, DC described Ho Chi Minh as "Vietnam's George Washington," so our help to the Frog was half-hearted at best.
Look about. The French colonies that were smart enough to remain French Colonies do one hell of a lot better than those benighted savages who abandoned la culture française to jump prematurely on the post-colonial bandwagon! Besides, ain't no natives nowhere nohow ever gonna top the French National Anthem and the cooking. And have you seen the cut of their loincloths? Execrable! Absolument épouvante!
From the SHUDDAWUDDACUDDA dept: (1) We should have helped the Frogs blast the commies in VietNam the way the Brits did in Malaya. (Of course the commies back in Paris weren't all that keen on the idea, either.) (2) We should have let MacArthur finish off the CHICOM when we had the chance in Korea. We now know the Russkis would not have stopped us.
We also could’ve helped Ho became he turned commie. Cut De Gaulle and his pissant empire loose and then we wouldn’t even have to deal with dominoes