this was 10 years after the start of vietnam war started. throughout these 10 years, the us has only supported the south vietnamese with intelligence, weapons, supplies, funding, training, etc. except for ground troops the us did not have troops fighting in the war until this speech of president johnson declaring full support of the us in this war. during this time tensions were high between the us and russia due to the cold war. in general, the whole world was at high tension due to conflicts of communism vs democracy. the us did not just fully commit to the vietnam war be