NiceGuyJack wrote:
Actually, the Vietnam War war had tremendous public support for most of its duration. Even following the Tet Offensive in '68, something like 70% of Americans supported the war effort. Until the early 70’s, the war protesters were a very vocal and very visible minority.
I don’t think plebiscites are a good way to handle foreign policy, and are particularly unsuited for decisions about military matters. If the Vietnam War had been waged by plebiscite, we might well have wound up unleashing nuclear weapons.
And that would have been a bad thing.