This misfortune of the Americans in South Vietnam was to allow the world to believe that they were supporting a reactionary, autocratic regime run by one man called Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by his family and all this was in aid of America's strategic interest to contain Communism. Whatever American intentions were, they allowed Afro-Asia to believe this, with catastrophic results, both for Ngo Dinh Diem and for the Americans who came to help him.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This misfortune of the Americans in South Vietnam was to allow the world to believe that they were supporting a reactionary, autocratic regime run by one man called Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by his family and all this was in aid of America's strategic interest to contain Communism. Whatever American intentions were, they allowed Afro-Asia to believe this, with catastrophic results, both for Ngo Dinh Diem and for the Americans who came to help him." in the context of "Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, "Text of the Speech by Singapore's Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Over The ABC In The 'guest Of Honour Programme' Broadcast By ABC" (1965)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.