It had an unfair impact on poorer citizens.
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The main argument against the draft was that is was biased against the poor and working class, who were typically unable to afford college, and therefore qualify for a student deferment.
That it wasn’t a declared war, but a police action. Congress never declared the war and to draft men was illegal.
the first US Military personnel was killed
The United States has had a continuous military presence in South Vietnam since the war in 1950.
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President's Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, were also the Commander in Chief's of the US military during the Vietnam War.Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
Ngô Đình Diệm was assassinated during the Vietnam War in a military coup d'etat of South Vietnam.John F. Kennedy was assassinated during the Vietnam War by a US citizen.