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In a war started by a Dem President on a bald faced lie

Posted on: March 23, 2021 at 10:18:38 CT
Spanky KU
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To enhance his chances for election, [Johnson] and McNamara deceived the American people and Congress about events and the nature of the American commitment in Vietnam. They used a questionable report of a North Vietnamese attack on American naval vessels to justify the president's policy to the electorate and to defuse Republican senator and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater's charges that Lyndon Johnson was irresolute and "soft" in the foreign policy arena.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2008/february/truth-about-tonkin

Edited by Spanky at 10:21:11 on 03/23/21
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn - dangertim MU - 3/23 09:14:47
     if I recall, he was a POW as a soldier in a foreign land - Ace A - 3/23 10:03:21
          doc and JG are on the same decline, apparently (nm) - Sal CMSU - 3/23 10:20:49
          In a war started by a Dem President on a bald faced lie - Spanky KU - 3/23 10:18:38
          Yikes - MIZ45 MU - 3/23 10:06:58
          yes, that was what the joke was referencing. - dangertim MU - 3/23 10:06:53
     RE: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn - THEGROVE68 MU - 3/23 09:34:00
          Unofficially, McCain has been blamed for the USS Forrestal - BH O'bonga MU - 3/23 09:41:05
     Opps(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 3/23 09:24:05
     1 dude goes nuts and now we have a problem with - Eggs MU - 3/23 09:20:57
          And I thought he just didn't like hos - tigerfans3 MU - 3/23 09:25:19
          but we didn't when Harvard and Yale actively tries to - dangertim MU - 3/23 09:22:11
               don't forget CRT (nm) - Sal CMSU - 3/23 09:30:07
               clown world(nm) - Eggs MU - 3/23 09:29:21
               RE: but we didn't when Harvard and Yale actively tries to - BH O'bonga MU - 3/23 09:23:12
     I doubt she has the slightest clue what the NVA did to her - BH O'bonga MU - 3/23 09:20:51
          Megan McCain reminds me of animal house - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/23 10:02:55
          Should have just ended after the word clue(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/23 09:21:22
     lol (nm) - pickle MU - 3/23 09:20:07
     lol(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 3/23 09:19:02
     lol holy sh*t (nm) - Sal CMSU - 3/23 09:16:22
     Wow - that was strong(nm) - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/23 09:16:12




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