this morning, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) announced that a tropical depression in the
Gulf of Tonkin has officially developed into Tropical Storm Kajiki (marlin), the 14th tropical storm of the year.
s 55 YEARS AGO (1964) North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats pursued the destroyer the USS Maddox,on patrol in the
Gulf of Tonkin.
It was called the "
Gulf Of Tonkin incident" in which two puny North Vietnam boats attempted to attack a US aircraft carrier.
Mr Bolton and other hawks in the Trump Administration seem to following a well-worn script: Push the offending country into a corner either militarily or economically, bring more troops to the area, use minor or manufactured incidents like the
Gulf of Tonkin episode or the presence of weapons of mass destruction to justify a military response, and then see it spiral out of control.Iranians are fed up with the unfair and punishing sanctions that even very intelligent and educated class, who even detest the Iranian regime, are ready to fight voluntarily if US offends.
It could be an American or Israeli or Saudi intelligence operation seeking to create a pretext for a US attack on Iran (like the '
Gulf of Tonkin incident' created a pretext for the US to start bombing North Vietnam in 1964).
Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam, January 12, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Heritage Cruises' four-day Heritage Expedition (www.heritagecruises.com) is especially designed for those who love exploring and immersing themselves in local life, nature, culture, and adventure in discovering the authenticity of the
Gulf of Tonkin.
Congress adopted the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Lyndon Johnson to use military force in Vietnam, based upon a purely fictional second attack in the
Gulf of Tonkin by the North Vietnamese.
Separate chapters recount the
Gulf of Tonkin incident, the USS Pueblo incident, the SS Mayaguez incident, the Black Sea bumping incident, and ChinaAEs ongoing effort to establish its maritime claims.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is on a nine-day trip to China, visited the container port at the Beibu Gulf (
Gulf of Tonkin) yesterday as part of his tour of key nodes along the STC.
The disputes include the islands, reefs, banks, and other features of the South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, and various boundaries in the
Gulf of Tonkin.
William Fulbright, Southern senators and congressmen expressed objections to increasing US intervention in Vietnam in these early years, but ultimately backed fellow Southerners Lyndon Johnson and Dean Rusk in supporting the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.