would lose. Not only did our country lose support for this action from our own citizenry but also from that of the South Vietnamese who we were actively fighting for. The United States realized too late that they were not capable of winning the war because it wasn’t a military issue but a political one. In 1973, following the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, a debate emerged about the extent of presidential power in deploying troops without a formal declaration of war. A compromise in the debate was reached with the War Powers Resolution. This act clearly defined how many soldiers could be deployed by the President of the United States and for how long. It also required formal reports by the President to Congress regarding the status of such deployments, and limited the total amount of time that American forces could be deployed without a formal declaration of war. (Official Declarations of War,
would lose. Not only did our country lose support for this action from our own citizenry but also from that of the South Vietnamese who we were actively fighting for. The United States realized too late that they were not capable of winning the war because it wasn’t a military issue but a political one. In 1973, following the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, a debate emerged about the extent of presidential power in deploying troops without a formal declaration of war. A compromise in the debate was reached with the War Powers Resolution. This act clearly defined how many soldiers could be deployed by the President of the United States and for how long. It also required formal reports by the President to Congress regarding the status of such deployments, and limited the total amount of time that American forces could be deployed without a formal declaration of war. (Official Declarations of War,