> Traditionally, the Democrats had been the War Party
Sloan, you are almost as great a historian as your
admirer, the Parrot Parr.
For your information:
The War on Terrorism was approved Sept. 14, 2001: House 420 to 1, Senate
98
to 0.
Barbara Lee (D, California) was the 1.
There were 8 declarations of war in 1941 and 1942, all passed unanimously
with
the single exception: Jeannette Rankin ( Republican and a pacifist from
Montana)
voted against declaring war on Japan.
There were 2 seperate declarations of war in 1917:
Against Germany 82-6 and 373-50
Against Austria 74-0 and 365-1
Most U.S. wars were started without explicit declarations. But there were
some celebrated pseudo-declarations, e.g. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
which happened at the very time you are babbling about (August 1964).
It passed 88-2 and 416-0 (against: Morse, D Oregon; Gruening, D Alaska ).
You may conclude:
1. Wars are often very popular in the U.S. (and elsewhere) when they
start.
2. Enthusiasm for war is not a specialty of any one political party.
3. Opposition to the Vietnam war was by no means universal,
even among Berkeley students. And those who were against
this war had to be very stupid to expect anything constructive
from a Republican president in 1964 (and in 1968).
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