LBJ Admitted on Tape Gulf of Tonkin 'Probably Never Happened'

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It only took 37 years for this little truth to come out.

source - Rick Rozoff - r_rozoff@yahoo.com

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001384600,00.html
    

The Times (London) - November 7, 2001

LBJ TAPE CONFIRMS VIETNAM WAR 'ERROR'

by Martin Fletcher in Washginton
 
PRESIDENT Johnson admitted in a secret tape recording that the
incident he used to win congressional approval for the Vietnam war
probably never happened, according to a book published yesterday.

In 1964, days after an alleged North Vietnamese attack on US
destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress approved a resolution
authorising the President to take "all necessary steps, including the
use of force" to help America's southeast Asian allies.

Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin resolution to drag America ever
deeper into the Vietnam war - to the consternation of many
Congressmen.

In a secret recording Johnson berated Robert McNamara, his Defence
Secretary, for misleading him. "You said: 'Damn, they are launching
an attack on us, they are firing on us.' When we got through with all
the firing, we concluded maybe they hadn't fired at all."

The book, Reaching for Glory, was edited by the historian Michael
Beschloss from Johnson's tapes and the diary of Lady Bird, his wife.

 
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