60 years later, the Gulf of Tonkin’s shadow looms over the Middle East

The Hill ^ | 08/05/2024 | Harlan Ullman

[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.

[ChicagoConservative27]

History repeating itself?

[dfwgator]

It may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.

[Samurai_Jack]

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

[combat_boots]

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

[hardspunned]

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.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

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