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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution(Aug. 5, 1964) Resolution by the U.S. Congress authorizing Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to use “all necessary measures” to repel armed attacks against U.S. forces in Vietnam. It was drafted in response to the alleged shelling of two U.S. navy ships by North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. Later information disputed the severity of the attack. The resolution was cited as authorization for the subsequent expansion of the Vietnam War; many in Congress came to see it as a blank check for the president, and it was repealed in 1970. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I can hear the raspy and prophetic voice of Senator Wayne Morse, who voted against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, roaring thirty-eight years ago, "I don't know why we think, just because we're mighty, that we have the right to try to substitute might for right. And though the Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave "Landslide Lyndon" B. Johnson (1963-1969), a Democrat, asked Congress for the power to take action against North Vietnam, and got it in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. |
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