Recently I came across a Gallup Poll which asked people’s opinions on morally justified wars. One point I noted was Korea vs Vietnam. Both were quite similar in the background. The northern communist half invaded the democratic southern half. Both wars were fought to support the democratic South. I don’t see a difference in moral justification to those two wars. Now Korea was over after 3 years of fighting, but Vietnam dragged on for some 8 years. Now people could obviously find fault with the way Vietnam was fought or its bloody length, but the moral justification is no different than Korea. So why do 61% of people think Korea was morally just, but only 33% find Vietnam just?
Just/Not/ Unsure
WWII 90 – 7 – 3
Gulf 66 – 28 – 6
Korea 61 – 30 – 9
Iraq 49 – 49 – 2
Vietnam 33 – 62 – 5
Polling Report
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