Smart-*ss whipper-snapper <g> > The Dead Sea was still alive back then right? > :-p > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Tonkin 2 ?? > > > just to let you young-un's know what an old f*rt I am, I > had a DRAFT CARD in 1968. If not for a student > deferment, then a medical exemption, I would have either > had to go to Vietnam or Canada... > > -Ben > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
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