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McNamara Deceived LBJ on Vietnam
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July 12, 2009
| Gareth Porter reveals R. McNamara, who died Monday, misled LBJ on Gulf of Tonkin attacks
Related Episode: McNamara's Mindset Pt2 | |
Paul Jay speaks to Garth Porter about former Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara who died Monday, July 6th. Porter says that documents he uncovered from the Lyndon B. Johnson library demonstrate that McNamara deceived LBJ over the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
In spite of dubious reports that U.S. Navy ships were attacked by North Vietnamese fleet, "[McNamara] went ahead with drafting the strike order for the retaliation that night and actually [sent] that strike order without having basically consulted further with President Johnson about the situation that he now understood of real doubt on the part of the commander on the scene that they had been attacked."
Bio: Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam. |
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