Dove. The war divided the country into two different sections; people who wanted war and the ones who did not. The ones who wanted war were known as the "Hawks" and who didn't were known as the "Doves." The hawks believed that due to the aggression of North Vietnamese it forced the US into war.
DOVES AND HAWKS are terms applied to people based upon their views about a military conflict. A dove is someone who opposes the use of military pressure to resolve a dispute; a hawk favors entry into war. The terms came into widespread use during the Vietnam War, but their roots are much older than that conflict.
