Posted by Adam on September 13, 2001, at 18:40:54
In reply to Re: More realistic numbers..., posted by Adam on September 13, 2001, at 18:26:19
Man, my memory really suffers on these things...I've been trying to be accurate in my recounting of history, just for perspective, but I think specifics are off.
Anyway, I think the Soviet-Afghani war was in the 80s, not 70s.
I think, in Vietnam, there may have been some carte-blanche bill or resolution or something on the part of Congress to allow the president (Johnson, it would have to be) to expand military efforts there, but it didn't amount to a declaration of war. I think the War Powers Act came about because, clearly, things went too far after that. I think the original approval of expanded activity in Vietnam had something to do with the Gulf of Tonkin incident. If I remember that incident correctly, it was a ruse, a made-up attack against an Amercina vessel to get the US more deeply involved. I think we were blockading the gulf at the time.
I'll research better and relate more, if people want. I acutally have good books and notes on this at home, if people are interested. I should double-check before I shoot off numbers and dates from my (often) incorrect memory.
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