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Today the war has resurfaced in the American consciousness in new ways. College courses on the conflict were practically nonexistent a few years ago. Now there are hundreds of them. Some of the students taking them were not even born at the time of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, and most of them could not explain what that resolution was. To many college students, the Viet Nam War might as well be the Peloponnesian wars: both are ancient history. Many students cannot say whether the U.S. was allied with the South Vietnamese or the North Vietnamese...
After he sent in the bombers after the Gulf of Tonkin affair, he said, "I figured that if you go for a fellow, you don't just goose him. We hit a base in North Viet Nam with 25 PT boats." But by June 1964 he was cautious. "People urging stronger steps are not aware of the consequences. I don't feel that we should pull out and come home. As far as going north, we know there are 200 million in the Chinese army. If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million...
...State George Shultz: "It is unacceptable for one country to fire into another at people and end up killing someone." Still, Shultz declared that the U.S. had no "plan or instinct" to retaliate militarily. Explained a White House aide: "No one wants to convert this incident into a Tonkin Gulf affair...
...that it can bring peace to Lebanon, then our forces will be there forever. If he wants to provoke Syria into a war with the U.S., the President need only continue on his present course. After the latest clashes with the Syrians, the Bekaa Valley and the Gulf of Tonkin seem similar...
...Resolution? Is the time limit justified, and does it benefit the U.S.? Who should have more power over our use of force. Congress or the President? This is perhaps the most important question concerning the War Powers Resolution. A good example of this controversial balance occurred with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. In 1965, President Johnson was given essentially unlimited power to fight Vietnam by an overwhelming majority of Congress. The only two Senators who voted against it were defeated for re-election. And yet eight years later, a diametrically opposed measure was passed over Nixon's veto...