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[Gonz]

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[chcr]

I'm betting you don't realize how true that is.

It's a wikipedia page, but this one's pretty accurate.

Following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Lyndon Johnson, who was up for re-election that year, launched retaliatory strikes and went on national television on August 4, 1964. Although the USS Maddox (DD-731) had been involved in providing intelligence support for South Vietnamese attacks at Hon Me and Hon Ngu, Johnson's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, went before Congress and denied that the United States Navy was supporting South Vietnamese military operations. He thus characterized the attack as “unprovoked.” He also claimed before Congress that there was “unequivocal proof” of an “unprovoked” second attack against the Maddox.

The problem with history is that no one ever learns from it.

 

[BB]

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reminds me of that incredibly catchy Automatics song ...

"What's that coming over the hill? ...

... is it a monster? ..
... is it a mon-steeer?


What's that coming over the hill? ...
... is it a monster? ..
... is it a mon-steeer? "