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Friday, August 20, 2004

40 Years After Tonkin

A nearly unanimous vote by Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on Aug. 7, 1964, thus authorizing President Lyndon B. Johnson “to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the
United States and to prevent further aggression.” Over the next two years,
400,000 U.S. soldiers shipped out to South Vietnam.

Of this scenario, we can ask the same question being proposed today: Was
this military response based on a legitimate threat or a fabricated pretext?

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Posted by Mickey Z on 08/20 at 12:01 PM
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