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60 years later, the Gulf of Tonkin’s shadow looms over the Middle East
The Hill ^ | 08/05/2024 | Harlan Ullman

Posted on 08/05/2024 6:02:01 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that committed the United States to fighting and then losing the Vietnam War.

On Aug. 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats that wrongfully believed Maddox was part of a South Vietnamese strike group delivering a hit-and-run raid on the north.

Two days later, the Maddox and USS Turner Joy were ordered back on patrol off the North Vietnamese coast. Both reported being attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats.

But those attacks never took place. President Lyndon B. Johnson, however, used the pretext of those attacks to present the Tonkin Gulf Resolution to Congress, authorizing the commander-in-chief to respond with force.

On Aug. 7, 1964, with only two dissenting votes in the Senate, Congress passed the resolution. The U.S. was at war in Vietnam.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; democratwars; gulfoftonkin; harlanullman; israel; johnsonswar; looms; middleeast; shadow; thehill; theshill
History repeating itself?
1 posted on 08/05/2024 6:02:01 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.


2 posted on 08/05/2024 6:03:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Also, watch out for a US Liberty incident. There’s a lot of hardware floating around the Mediterranean.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 6:16:11 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So the U.S. is now colluding with Iran as well as the Israeli Left to oust Netanyahu? https://t.co/RHC4VXC5CJ— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) August 4, 2024


4 posted on 08/05/2024 6:26:29 AM PDT by combat_boots
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep. An errant air defense missile lands on Syrian Druse children, playing on what that they consider occupied Syrian territory. Bibi uses that unfortunate Arab/Israeli accident to get his declaration of war from the corrupt, bought and paid for U.S. Congress. Similar, but a much bigger, more reprehensible lie by Israel and the Harris admin this time.


5 posted on 08/05/2024 6:48:52 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stoogeas)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Used to be a regular poster here that went by the name “Gulf of Tonkin”. Believe he passed about 15 years ago.


6 posted on 08/05/2024 7:43:28 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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