(...) America should not have invaded Vietnam. My question involving Australia's involvement in Vietnam was rhetorical. My point was that America isn't the only nation to have gone to war in modern times for reasons that are not for clear- cut (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
(...) The only case I can think of that might address this question is the US Civil War. Europe walked an amazing tightrope then, in part to avoid upsetting the balance of Europe internally-- although Britain recognised "belligerent rights" with (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
