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Why could the United States’ use of power to influence events in Vietnam be viewed as contrary to its own politics?

Answer

The United States denied the rights of nations in Indochina to be independent while supporting American independence.

The United States supported the use of guerilla forces in Vietnam but not in other nations in the world.

The United States ignored the decisions of the Geneva Accord, even though it supported other international treaties.

The United States opposed free and fair elections in South Vietnam even though it supported them at home.

Explanation

The United States supported democratic elections at home but opposed nationwide elections in Vietnam that might have brought Ho Chi Minh and the communists to power. This made its actions seem inconsistent with its stated support for popular self-government. Choice D captures that contradiction: opposing free and fair elections in Vietnam while supporting them in the United States.

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