babylonsister
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Tue Aug-09-05 10:11 PM
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Viet Nam: When did it go from a conflict to a war? |
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Has this current mess been identified accurately for the history books?
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don954
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Tue Aug-09-05 10:16 PM
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1. it was legally a police action till a recent way after-the-fact declaratio |
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in congress to recognize it as a war, if i recall correctly.
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FloridaPat
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Tue Aug-09-05 10:20 PM
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2. Congress never declared war so technically it wasn't a war, just |
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military action. The current mess is in the same state. Congress gave * the OK, but the Consitution says on congress can declare war.
The question may be how many soldiers die to make a war? I believe Golf War 1 was never declared by congress either.
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babylonsister
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Tue Aug-09-05 11:48 PM
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3. My point is..Bush calls it war war war, so why isn't it? |
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If it's to make a difference, why not?
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