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Originally Posted by Guest
Nope, it was the mindless sheep who followed their herd to a war that the USA had no reason to be involved with.
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No-not mindless - These are patriotic men who I admire and appreciate.
And that's what always makes me angry. They should not have not been deceived in the first place.
"The deeper lesson of the Tonkin Gulf episode is how a group of senior national security officials can seek determinedly through hardball and even illicit tactics to advance a war agenda, even knowing that the President of the United States is resisting it."
How LBJ Was Deceived on Gulf of Tonkin – Consortiumnews
I don't feel sorry for LBJ. He didn't have the balls to do what he wanted to do. That doesn't sound like him, does it?
I'm sorry it wasn't stopped much sooner. I'm sorry if you also lost loved ones.