Our reasons were racial, anti-imperialist, land claim specific, and practical. The goal of the United States was not to conquer another country, but to simply add to its territory, expand westward (primarily) and fulfill the goal of manifest destiny
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As president of South Vietnam (1955–63), Ngo Dinh Diem assumed dictatorial powers. Diem's heavy-handed tactics against the Viet Cong insurgency deepened his government's unpopularity, and his brutal treatment of the opposition to his regime alienated the South Vietnamese populace, notably Buddhists.
One reason the Justinian Code was significant was that it (1) became the foundation of the modern legal systems of many Western countries. The Justinian Code has a major influence on public international law and laid the foundation for Western legal tradition. It was ordered by Justinian I who was Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, which was seen as East of the Greek Isles.
