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War! What is it good for? (media.piefed.social)
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[–] faultyproboscus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also- The Gulf of Tonkin incident used as a pretext for the USA going into Vietnam was a fabrication.

To be clear, there had been a scuffle involving US ships on Aug 2nd, 1964 - but it was not a deliberate attack by the North Vietnamese.

The supposed attack on Aug 4th did not happen.