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Why did president Johnson believe that it was important for the United States to win in Vietnam?

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Because of the influence that was getting stronger they wanted To Prevent Communism from spreading.

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He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam. He believed in the plausibility of the domino theory; that Communism would continue to spread if allowed to move unchecked throughout the world.
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