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Why did the Vietnam War happen?

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Named in 2 of the 2 accounts recorded here: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Proof 2 sources
  1. Congressional Record, Senate, 10 October 2002 (debate on the Iraq resolution, H.J. Res. 114), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 10 Oct 2002. Primary record
    It was this resolution that provided the basis for American involvement in the war in Vietnam.
  2. Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964 (Robert J. Hanyok, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 2000/Spring 2001; approved for release 3 Nov 2005), National Security Agency, 2001. Primary record
    which handed President Johnson the carte blanche charter he had wanted for future intervention in Southeast Asia.
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