Yes, tovarisch TM7, the whole Cold War was a lie. If only we had embraced international socialism as our current regime does now, the world would have been a better place, at least for you and other members of the International...
Yes, Johnson fabricated Tonkin to go to war (Kennedy would have as well, comrade). Yes, Washington misunderstood the nationalist aspirations of Uncle Ho. But they were Communists and containing Communism is what defeated it. And our having won the Cold War made the world a better place for billions of people, including the Vietnamese garment worker. So, thanks to Chuck Hagel and all the others who stepped up and fought the good fight even if our political masters were probably fighting it for the wrong reasons.