HIST 3322 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lon Nol, Operation Menu, Pathet Lao
1 May 2016
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Lbj goes on tv and gives message stating that north vietnam conducted attacks against us in international waters. Lbj says policy has stayed the same and america will stay and keep its word. Also, lbj says a threat to any nation is a threat to all of us. Trying to make it out to be a struggle for freedom. Says us in victim of unprovoked attack by north in tonkin. William fullbright shepherd through congress a resolution: gulf of tonkin resolution allows lbj to take all necessary measures to repel attacks against us and prevent aggression. Not a declaration of war, but a blank check for lbj. Stockdale, american pilot, claims that there were no shots fired in the tonkin gulf, no aggression against the uss maddox. It was all contrived and used as an excuse to begin an air war against the north.
