[HereInTheHeartland]

“ It was Lincoln’s skillful use of the Navy that caused the Gulf of Tokin Incident.”

Lincoln provoked this.
He brought a carrier battle group to the area and had it doing naval exercises near Ft Sumter. The Navy jets were mercilessly buzzing Ft Sumter.
The Confederates had enough and started firing .

[nwrep]

LOL. Lincoln must have learned from FDR. LOL.

[jeffersondem]

“Lincoln provoked this. He brought a carrier battle group to the area and had it doing naval exercises near Ft Sumter. The Navy jets were mercilessly buzzing Ft Sumter. The Confederates had enough and started firing.”

Another thing Lincoln did in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident was to get Congress riled up enough that they gave him a blank check to pursue an undeclared war, the costliest ever for the states in terms of lives.

I meant to say the Fort Sumter Incident.