No votes involved; did want the Commander in Chief ordered.
The Vietnam war is also called the Second Indochina War. The war was fought by between North Vietnam who were supported by China and Soviet Union and South Vietnam which was supported by the United States.
The United States Supported South Vietnam.
The Vietnam War was the only time that the communists defeated an American supported free nation (South Vietnam).
{| |- | The Korean War was supported by more than just the United States. NATO forces assisted in many ways. Vietnam was pretty much a US only conflict, while China supported the North Vietnamese. |}
There were drafted hippies in the infantry in Vietnam; they were good men.
The counter-culture was a group of people who supported anti-war demostrations, including the Vietnam war :)
The people who supported the Vietnam War were commonly knowns as hawks.
The communist superpowers supported the north with war material. The US supported the south with men & material. Reason: Cold War.
doves believed the Vietnam's conflict was localized civil war and disagreed with Johnson war policy, but Hawks supported his felt Vietnam a crucial front in the war
Some people supported the Vietnam War because they supported America's resolve not let communism spread. The Cold War policy of America was still in effect during this time.
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford supported South Vietnam. The Soviet and Red Chinese presidents supported their ally (with equipment)...North Vietnam.
The Vietnam War was primarily fought between North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States and its allies. The conflict arose out of the division of Vietnam following the First Indochina War and the subsequent Geneva Accords in 1954. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and resulted in the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.