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Vietnam War ends with
US military shamed
AP News
After operating in secret in Vietnam, an unnamed unit of supers was routed by the United Supers and deposited in the lobby of the Pentagon while Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger proclaimed the United States had never acted against the UNC resolutions.
The removal of the supers was followed by the official withdrawal of the United States from the battlefield.
The action marks the eighteenth time the United Supers took action during a war since they first acted during the Korean War. While they, at no time, took actions to end the conflict, in all but three instances, the removal of the supers was immediately followed by the parties agreeing to peace talks, leading opponents of the resolution to claim the UNC was stepping beyond its authority.
Each time the UNC stated that nothing in the United Supers’ behavior forced any military to end their conflict. That if governments were reluctant to fight without the support of their supers, that was their decisions and not something the UNC had influence over.
Since the resolution was adopted in 1945, there have been five votes to remove or curtail it. Each failed, with the latest one being the one to come closest to succeeding with a vote of 49% in favor of ending the United Supers.
The removal of the supers was followed by the official withdrawal of the United States from the battlefield.
The action marks the eighteenth time the United Supers took action during a war since they first acted during the Korean War. While they, at no time, took actions to end the conflict, in all but three instances, the removal of the supers was immediately followed by the parties agreeing to peace talks, leading opponents of the resolution to claim the UNC was stepping beyond its authority.
Each time the UNC stated that nothing in the United Supers’ behavior forced any military to end their conflict. That if governments were reluctant to fight without the support of their supers, that was their decisions and not something the UNC had influence over.
Since the resolution was adopted in 1945, there have been five votes to remove or curtail it. Each failed, with the latest one being the one to come closest to succeeding with a vote of 49% in favor of ending the United Supers.
