Why did Rusk think attacking the North Vietnamese is not a smart idea

the 1st and foremost reason was that if USA openly attacked the north Vietnam, the secret would be a secret no more and the whole world will realize about the plan of USA to curb the spread of communism even through military interventions!

secondly, there was the risk of Chinese intervention if USA engaged in direct conflict with North Vietnam. and this was a scenario that many US Presidents was unwilling to take as it could have had many negative reaction from the international towards USA.

Explanation:

d is the correct answer

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the first action that caused many creek indians to turn against william mcintosh was when mcintosh a) supported the united states during the creek war of 1813–1814. b) attempted to stop the sale of creek land to the u.s. government. c) seized control of over 1,000 acres of land belonging to the creeks.