[Doe Eyes]

Fact: The domino theory was accurate. The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, Philippines , Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore , and Thailand stayed free of Communism because of the U.S. commitment to Vietnam.

Fact: The United States withdrew from Vietnam, Vietnam became and still is a Communist country, and the Philippines , Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand stayed free of Communism.

The domino theory was total BS.

[ThanhPhero]

Some dominoes fell but it was an attenuated series, Việt Nam, Laos, Cambodia. That more did not fall is surely attributable to the War. It gave the other countries the time needed to take care of their own Communists, especially Indonesia. The British had taken care of the Communists in Malaya two decades before.

[Phantom4]

To hear this domino theory discussed and finally justified, read Mark oyar's Triumph Forsaken, the first of two planned problems. see

[swmobuffalo]

“and the Philippines , Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand stayed free of Communism.”

true but now they’re infested with worse than communism, it’s called Islam.

[Tublecane]

“Fact: The United States withdrew from Vietnam, Vietnam became and still is a Communist country, and the Philippines , Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand stayed free of Communism.

The domino theory was total BS.”

One could always argue that although we lost, our bombing campaigns and slaughter of millions of people was enough of a deterrent. I don’t agree, but demonstrating our effort failed is not ipso facto proof of the domino theory’s inefficacy.

Besides, it’s definitely not TOTAL BS. What about Cambodia and Laos?

[jongaltsr]

Fact: The United States withdrew from Vietnam, Vietnam became and still is a Communist country, and the Philippines , Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand stayed free of Communism.
The domino theory was total BS.

And "Why" did the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand stay free.