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2007-10-09 04:14:29 · 11 answers · asked by Punky 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes I have heard of the Vietnam "war" but was told in highschool that the GOVERMENT never officially declared it as such!
2007-10-09 04:27:53 · update #1
Oh I agree that it was a war. My Dad served over there. Its just me and my boyfriend were "discussing" it. I said it was never "officially" declared as such and he said that it was.
2007-10-09 05:08:12 · update #2
The US government calls it a conflict but for those of us who were there...believe me...it was a war. 50K killed and 250K+ wounded.... it was a war.
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2007-10-09 04:56:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes there was no declaration of war by congress. This is a procedural matter and has nothing to do with the actual events context.
War
NOUN:
1. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.
2. The period of such conflict.
It would seem to me that US operations in Vietnam was a war that did not receive any sort of official declaration by the US congress.
It was a war.
2007-10-09 12:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by h h 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation, and one or more others. The last US declaration of war came against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania on June 5, 1942 during WW II. The Vietnam War was a military conflict authorized by Congress on August 7, 1964 by a combined vote of 504-2. The media classifies everything as a "war", it makes for a better story and their "facts" do not have to be accurate.
2007-10-09 11:39:55 · answer #3 · answered by erehwon 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To all intents and purposes it was a war, though the U.S. Congress did not formally declare war. The legal basis for the war was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which empowered the President "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom."
Whether it is classified as a war or conflict depends on whether you consider that a formal declaration of war is required for a conflict to be defined as war.
2007-10-09 11:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by apollonius 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was a conflict. War must be formally declared. Vietnam, like Korea were not declared wars. Korea was calssified as a police action and Vietnam was called a conflict.
2007-10-09 11:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Vietnam was classified as a war!!!
Vietnam Veteran - 1967 - 1968 - 1971!!!!
Dau Tieng, Chu Chi, Tay Ninh, Bearcat, Nui Ba Din,
Long Binh, RVN!!!( Republic Of South Vietnam)
2007-10-09 14:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vietnam was an official War
2007-10-09 11:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by Rosie the Riviter 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since Congress didn't issue a delcaration of War, it will forever be consided a conflict
2007-10-09 13:27:48 · answer #8 · answered by A1C J$TR 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You've never heard of the "Vietnam War"
2007-10-09 11:22:39 · answer #9 · answered by Latina111 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
As a conflict. It really makes me mad because we lost so man people over there and the Gov't would not classify it properly.
2007-10-09 11:23:25 · answer #10 · answered by Klitten in the Shower 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋