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| View Poll Results: Which of these post WWII conflicts were justified? | |||
| Iraq |
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11 | 18.03% |
| Afghanistan |
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31 | 50.82% |
| Korea |
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26 | 42.62% |
| Vietnam |
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7 | 11.48% |
| Cold War |
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28 | 45.90% |
| Yugoslavia |
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17 | 27.87% |
| None |
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16 | 26.23% |
| All |
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8 | 13.11% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 61. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
If any. I've always wondered which wars people supported, and why? For instance, I tend to disregard anyone who opposed the war in Iraq, but supported bombing Belgrade. What would justify a war? What would disqualify it?
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
I War, but not the second one. War can be justified to stop genocide and territorial aggression. Korea and Vietnam were civil wars we should have left alone.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
All but Yugoslavia as is. We should have had a more balanced approach. Neither side was innocent, but intervention was need to stop the violence.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
This may be against the point, but I don't think any of the United States wars were justifiable except for the revolutionary war which founded this country.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
I don't want to sound like a smart ass, but we haven't been in a war since WW2, only "conflicts". What do you think is the significance, if any, of our country acting like we are in a war, but never officially decreeing it so?
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
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they are one. Iraq violated the terms of the ceasefire so we just resumed.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
I can assure you that what your military did to those peoples definely felt like war for them. Just because your military hadn't had any significant loses doesn't mean that the other side wasn't obliterated.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
I voted for Iraq (first one), Afghanistan, Cold War and Yugoslavia.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
I didn't vote, The list was incomplete. No mention of the these wars.....
war on drugs, war on poverty, war on global warming, war on war, war on peace, war on the budget, war on obesity, war on jelly donuts.....etc..etc..etc..
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
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They were declared, they don't count.
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
Weren't Korea and Vietnam technically part of the Cold War?
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Re: Which of the wars the US waged since 1945 can be justfied?
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Here we are still calling all these conflicts "wars" when the fact is they were not. Why do you think that is? I personally have no idea, and that is why I am asking. |
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