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:::::: This surprises me. I've never heard anyone dispute the conventional wisdom that Lyndon Johnson misrepresented and exaggerated the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Though I have the highest respect for our military, I'd caution against overreliance on a military professor for this point, as one could not expect a military professor to embarrass a liberal Commander in Chief.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:44, 15 January 2009 (EST)
:::::: This surprises me. I've never heard anyone dispute the conventional wisdom that Lyndon Johnson misrepresented and exaggerated the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Though I have the highest respect for our military, I'd caution against overreliance on a military professor for this point, as one could not expect a military professor to embarrass a liberal Commander in Chief.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:44, 15 January 2009 (EST)
:::::::Moyar cites the documents that prove the Navy and the Joint Chiefs strongly believed there was a second attack, and Moyar shows it was months later that doubts emerged when the CIA reanalyzed the evidence. LBJ did a lot of deceitful things, but not that time. Moyar also shows that LBJ refused to act after the first (real) attack, overruling the military and civilian leaders who wanted to retailiate. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 19:49, 15 January 2009 (EST)