>...much intellectually deeper and ideologically broader than those supporting racial preferences. A medieval Catholic...
Sure, if you narrow the topic of racial preferences down to the literal instantiation of exactly that mechanism, then broaden the topic of the Vietnam War out to historical philosophies of War in general, then of course the latter reads "intellectually deeper" and "broader".
But, these are all just discussions about what is morally just and, when society fails to provide justice, what we consider appropriate remedies.
I have no idea what people are meaning when they say "racial preferences" in this thread but the Vietnam war was objectively awful and gets more awful with every detail you learn.
Sure, if you narrow the topic of racial preferences down to the literal instantiation of exactly that mechanism, then broaden the topic of the Vietnam War out to historical philosophies of War in general, then of course the latter reads "intellectually deeper" and "broader".
But, these are all just discussions about what is morally just and, when society fails to provide justice, what we consider appropriate remedies.