Challenge: America's Vietnam in the Congo

With a POD no earlier than August 2, 1964 (Gulf of Tonkin incident), have the United States get involved in a major ground war in the country known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the war should inspire roughly the same domestic attitudes that the Vietnam War inspired in OTL.
 
Perhaps the USA could perform better in South Vietnam, leaving a more intense Korea situation.

Meanwhile, the MPLA could spill over into the DRC, which takes place the same time as Mobutu's death in 1970 due to an assassination attempt, causing chaos to descend upon Central Africa.

With chaos not being in the US's best interest, they can try and restore order in the fractured region, leading to various insurgencies.
 
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