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Well on the topic of Vietnam, France did ask the US to help them in Indochina.
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I know. And the US at that point accepted the Marshall doctrine... This was to say they would become world police force fighting communism all over the globe (OK - if a revolution was forcefully started by foregin agents - then it's two foregin countries interfearing; but if a country was making its own political decisions then it's interfearing with the sovregnty of another country).
In many cases the revolution was closely connected with gaining independance in the first place (Vietnam was still a colony) - so if a country tryied to become an independent state it needed some allys - the western world was the one exploiting the colonies, so they looked for allies in the oponents of the west - this was communism.
Basically US was denying the right of self government to the people - one of the most importaint principles of Willson when he was trying to improve the world (yes - he was an American and I have enormous respect for him - he layed some very importaint fundaments for the whole world - and showed the world how it could imporove - he couldn't carry his plans out).