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Originally Posted by TylerBang
I think it depends on the scope of the attack. A series of air strikes as part of an international rapid reaction or no-fly zone is not on the same scale as mobilizing divisions of Marines and Soldiers and launching an all out war because years ago the bad guy was menacing someone. I think if we see Obama talking about how gadhaffi threatened his Kenyan daddy once and how he wants to be a 'war president' like Bush used to say, or he starts mobilizing whole divisions then we will see the anti-war people marching in cities again.
I do expect to see Pres. O. in front of Congress soon if the situation escalates.
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At what point in time did Kennedy get permission to send troops to Vietnam? This was a "military conflict" where no one declared war that ended up with tens of thousands of Americans dead.