IT WAS CONSIDERED ILLEGAL BECAUSE South Vietnam NEVER DECLARED WAR ON NORTH Vietnam AND VISA VERSA IT WAS A CIVIL WAR AND THE U.S. SHOULD NEVER GOT INVOLVED IN THEIR OPINION
The NATO agreement was important to the Vietnam War because it allowed Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States to form a pact against the Soviet Union. It helped later during the Vietnam War because the same countries came together to control Vietnam.
I know of no illegal "rugs" that entered south Vietnam but there were illegal Drugs that did enter Vietnam.
War in vietnam
The Vietnam war was a product of the rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. It was part of the reasoning behind the construction of NATO and SEATO, both of which were created in fear of spreading communism ideals.
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
Of course it was legal. Congress would not or could not "openly" fund an illegal war.
No, as far as putting troops on the ground,however they where part of NATO
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A drain on men and equipment, being transferred from NATO forces to Korea. This hardship was to be repeated in the Vietnam War, 10 years later.
The war was wrong. It never was a war, but a police action and men were drafted to fight in an illegal undeclared war.
The Vietnam War or Second Indochinese War was a military engagement between North Vietnam and its allies (principally China and the USSR) and South Vietnam and its allies (principally the United States). From the South Vietnamese and US perspective, North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in an attempt to annex it. From the North Vietnamese perspective, North Vietnam was liberating South Vietnam from illegal US occupation and manipulation.