Tonkin Gulf Resolution: Compare and Contrast
Tonkin Gulf Resolution: Compare and Contrast
Senator Gaylord Nelson
Even though Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed quickly and with an almost 100% vote in Congress (which is super rare), there was still some hearty debate over what the resolution would actually mean...
Senator William Fulbright
Here's a guy who was clearly conflicted about Tonkin Gulf Resolution. In a single statement during Congress' debate over the document, he gives the thumbs up but also is clearly unsure."I do not kn...
Senator Ernest Gruening
Some members of Congress hemmed and hawed in their support of or disagreement with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. But Ernest Gruening was 100% committed to voting against the resolution from the start...
Senator Wayne Morse
Besides Senator Gruening, Senator Morse was the only other vote against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. While Gruening disagreed because he didn't want to send Americans soldiers to die; Morse was focu...
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
McNamara was President Johnson's right hand man during the Vietnam War. He's the one who told President Johnson about the attacks against American ships near Vietnam, and he's the one who whipped u...