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Quote by: Zeebadee  I'm just saying that LBJ actually believed the bad intel he got, whereas bush, IMO, knew all along that his intel didn't support his lies. |
I'm saying that LBJ knew that Vietnamese boats had attacked US Navy vessels on August 2nd (good intel). He didn't need the bad intel from August 4th. Like Bush, Johnson was intent on escalating the war by any means necessary.