Does this look familiar? US advising French in military operations in a communist backed country.

Way back in 1950 Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) over to Vietnam to assist the French in the First Indochina War. President Truman stated that they were not sent as combat troops, but only to supervise the use of $10 million worth of US military equipment. By 1953, aid increased dramatically to $350 million to replace old military equipment owned by the French.

While the the geography and ideology are not the same are we looking at Vietnam 2.0?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/13/opinions/kennedy-syria-vietnam/