The U.S. was brought into the Vietnam war because America wanted to help control the spread of communism. During the war, Vietnam was broken into two countries: Northern and Southern Vietnam. Northern Vietnam was a communist country, whereas South Vietnam was not. This fueled the "domino theory," which meant that if Vietnam fell to communism, many of its closest neighbors would follow. The U.S. made an effort to prevent this from happening.
the Chinese wanted North Korea as a Communist buffer state to protect their northeastern provinces that made up Manchuria and they also felt threatened by the American fleet that lay off their coast.
A presidential candidate promotes a "campaign platform" during the campaign, the goals of which generally transfer the goals into the "presidential agenda".
