I'm not old enough, but i remember it from history class. In fact, one of the destroyers were put out there so that the enemy can spot it easily and shoot at it....reason for war!
Me afraid Bush Administration might do something that sneaky with Iraq, so everyone will be on their side. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:35 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Tonkin 2 ?? anybody else old enough to remember the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution during LBJ's presidency? The administration claimed that the destroyer U.S.S. Maddox was innocently on routine patrol in the South China Sea, when it was subjected to unprovoked attack by a pair of North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats. Based on this, LBJ got the Congress to pass the resolution authorizing any necessary measures, including military force. This resolution became the administration's legal foundation for the entire Vietnam conflict, although war was never declared. It later came to light that the Maddox was not innocently on patrol, it was participating in naval exercises against North Vietnam in conjunction with the South Vietnamese Navy. Further, the administration admitted that the Maddox had not been fired upon - that was a fabrication for the purposes of getting Congress to pass the resolution. "Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it" or something like that... <sigh> -Ben ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
