President Lyndon Johnson
wanted to step up the war in Vietnam, and the U.S. Navy gave him exactly what
he needed.
An alleged attack by the
North Vietnamese Navy on Aug. 2, 1964 justified sending hundreds of thousands
of American military to Vietnam.
Questions were raised about
what really happened and later historians determined the North Vietnamese had
done nothing.
Imagine what a President
Donald Trump’s Tweet would have been like.
“Commie North Vietnamese
attack brave American sailors. Nuke them. Show them what real power is.”
And it would probably have
gotten the same reaction LBJ’s phony declaration did.
Just this week shortly after
an Egyptian Air Airbus crashed en route from Paris to Cairo a tweet was posted
by Trump, or more likely one of his Twitter staff.
CNN
reported Trump said: "Looks like yet another terrorist attack. Airplane
departed from Paris. When will we get tough, smart and vigilant? Great hate and
sickness!"
Hillary
Clinton waited six more hours before saying the Egyptian government feared it
was a terrorist attack.
“It does appear that
it was an act of terrorism — exactly how, of course, the investigation will
have to determine,” Clinton told CNN.
President Obama made no immediate
statement, though his spokesman said the U.S. would provide any help it could.
American TV media met to praise Trump,
including Chris Matthews, perhaps the most popular MSNBC anchor. They said that even though there was no
information to back up his claim he showed his willingness to say what people
are thinking.
Some people may be wondering if Trump supports Vladimir Putin when the Russian's jets buzz U.S. Navy ships.
How things have changed in 50 years. We
used to fear “the finger on the button would be German…” That lyric appeared in
a song, the “MLF Lullaby by Tom Lehrer, after the creation of NATO.
Now the fear is that the button-pushing finger
will be a reality show host who has never served in the military, not even in
government.
He dodged the draft during the Vietnam to
spend time with girl playthings while married.
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