The US attempted to gain influence to protect itself from such "Evil Commie ideals" via foreign influence. An example of this is Vietnam, where despite the US not being directly threatened, the government was acting convincing in the argument that "the domino effect" would soon reach the US, and anarchy would fall upon all western civilized nations. A bit exaggerated, but makes sense.
<span>a repeated grouping of lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme a regularly repeated line or group of lines writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally an ordered pattern of rhythm</span>
