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Even so, I don't think the Vietnam War was justified. I suppose we felt that Korea was successful, and we had enough hubris to think that we were going to be able to get in and get out easily. brettd | High School Teacher | (Level 2) Educator Emeritus.
Korea was a police action. Vietnam was ALWAYS a war and ALWAYS referred to as a war. The Vietnam War was always called a Conflict during the actual engagement. The soldiers, sailors, airmen, etc. knew it was worse than any war because of the rules of engagement which differed significantly from a war.