you know, the wmd in iraq that wasn't there, the gulf of tonkin incident that didn't happen.ve had some manufactured reasons for going to war. you know, back in the '20s and '30s, the banana wars in the caribbean were to promote our business interests in there. there are times we've gone to war for territorial expansion back when we were filling out the united states. so the reasons aren't very clear. the first part of the book talks about what i call triggering events. what are the events? sometimes our leadership actually creates the reason for going the war. remember the red line in syria? we have had presidents that have drawn red lines. we have had had presidents that have articulated presidential dock trips that basically says -- doctrines that basically says we will fight here. that's all well and good when you say it publicly, but there's sort of a nuance to this. you sort of tell your adversary under what conditions you would fight. that adversary then, if the advantage is to him, can create that situation to call your bluff or to force you to do something. you know,

this is like the tonkin. targeting me and we're going to escalate. >> this is 250 miles north of saigon. the air bias that was ripped by vietnamese communist guerrillas. eight americans died in the attack that brought swift retaliation by u.s. and south vietnamese forces. meanwhile, president johnson's special assistant for security affairs mcgeorge bundy arrives at the scene of the raid. he was in vietnam on a mission for the president when the attack took place. and he holds a battlefront conference with lieutenant general khan before returning to washington. while he conferred with vietnamese officials, the national security council was meeting in washington. it was these meetings that brought the swift decision to strike back at the viet cong to reemphasize to continue to defend the cause of freedom in southeast asia. >> and that leads them into this incredible escalation of forces. and you go back and you listen to the mcnamara and johnson tapes on the 2nd and 3rd, 4th of august, and you see this sort of

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>> i am old enough to remember back when the gulf of tonkin was raised. only two senators were willing to stand up. and stop and asked the question, is it really worth doing this. it doesn't seem that today we have any in our political leadership willing to raise that question. it is all about the tactics of war, not whether we should go to war at all. >> let me tackle those three. i will take them in reverse order. why the rush? sometimes there is a circumstance where you're under attack or imminent attack. but generally you should avoid rushing if you can and do this the right way. i have been interested in this topic for a long time. what galvanized me recently was when the congressional leadership met with the president over the summer to talk about this issue and they went to the microphone and said the president has all the authority he needs. and i am, like, you've got to be kidding me. you're not speaking for me when you said that. and members saying that you have all of the authority you need to ask your as the same time you are suing the preside

but where america was so gung ho the er in the war after gulf of tonkin incident by the end of the war, this is done. sameritish are feeling the way. party and edmond burke had been against it from the get go. they're saying we're not going to iraq. news. and fox they were mounting off what side things e as to where are. of british treatment captains by barry and jones gets on by the press that the americans are taking better guys as prisoner than we have been doing with them. that, again, went a long way promoting -- getting the war to an end. any other questions? much thank you all very for coming. have a good evening. >> you're watching american weekend, every weekend. on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. with live coverage of the u.s. the senate pan and on c-span 2, here on c-span 3, we complement that coverage by relevant u the most congressional hearings and events.ffairs on the weekends, c-span 3 is home to american history tv with the nation's ll tory, including unique series, the civil war's history. the american artifacts, touring hist

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august 10th, 19 of 4, the situation in vietnam was transformed when lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkinesolution with congress granting the president broad powers to increase american involvement in the conflict. >>> since the outbreak of hostilities in 1959, united states army advisers in vietnam have undergone a variety of experigoet learned much about the complexities of guerilla warfare in southeast asia. working through mag, these advisers have increased the number to more than 12,000, each is assigned to a specific activity or unit of the army of the republic of vietnam, commonly referred to as arvin, where his chief duties are to make certain that u.s.çtt equipt is used and maintained properly. and to teach by lecture, demonstration and by setting an example. perhaps the adviser's most important function is to advise and assist the unit commander, his arvin counterpart, to make suggestions skillfully and diplomatically in a manner to the customs of the vietnamese and to the commander. since 1959, in fact, since 1956, when mag advisers were first sent to vietnam, many lessons guid

conservative right wing talk, all of the tweets that 50 years ago this summer, chris, the gulf of tonkin resolution was passed. 11, 12 years later there were 58,000 names on a wall in washington, d.c. we are going to get isis. we're going to clean their clock. but let's pump the brakes and do it the correct way with a bunch of other nations in a coalition. >> here is the question i brought to you about the visceral reaction i felt during the hostage crisis. i hated every day. i loved the job. i'd go to a bar and people were mad at me. our guys were being trooped around. they weren't beheaded. i don't think any president can take every two weeks another beheading or whatever the sequence will be. the president can talk as mike did well about how we'll get them, put an alliance together, a coalition, get them eventually. eventually? that could be 60 beheadings from now. >> right. i think that's part of the problem, the paradox this administration finds itself in. you've got joe biden saying we'll follow them to the kbaets of h ell. some of us say, is that boots on the ground? does that mea

pushing now into the gulf of tonkin. here's the perspective. rainfall going to be predominant here.the main pattern as far as weather is going to be the heavy rainfall. upwards of six inches or 150 millimeters coming across a very popular tourist destination point of china. it's not the only storm we're following. at this point, this storm is near guam and when you see these storm systems form near the island of guam, with a westward track, the northern philippines becomes the next area of interest. this is something we'll have to watch very carefully as we know people in this region certainly don't need additional rainfall. >> absolutely right. pedro, thank you very much. >>> the international community is shaping up a plan to fight isis. coming up, the challenges leaders will face in battle thing ruthful militant group. >>> and answering urgent pleas for help. the u.s. plans to boost its effort to help with the west african ebola outbreak. equity es who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no exp

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wnd and iraq that wasn't there in the gulf of tonkin incident that didn't happen. we have had manufactured reasons for going to war. back in the 20s and 30s the banana wars and the caribbean promoted or business interests there. there are times we have gone to war for territorial expansion back when we were filling out the united states so the reasons are very clear. the first part of the book talks about what i call triggering events. what are the events? sometimes their leadership actually creates a reason to go to war. remember the red line in syria? we have had had presidents who have drawn red lines. we have had presidents who have articulated presidential doctrines that basically says we will fight here. that's all well and good when you say it publicly but there is sort of a the nuance to this. you sort of tell your adversary under what conditions he would fight. that adversary if the advantages to him can create that situation to force you to do something. presidents need to be much more careful about red lines. our current president has probably learned th

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the tonkin resolution that said the president wants to go-go to war so he goes to where now we have avietnam war memorial put 50,000 names of people wonder why did they die? the south china sea, what did they die for? john kerry said before he became secretary of state and before he entered the secretary who was going to tell the last soldier in vietnam what he died for? who's going to tell the last soldier who died in afghanistan with the diaper. by the way president obama did not remove -- from afghanistan. indeed he increased troops in afghanistan. they're still there today. what will happen in 2015 but what he knows that ought to be a decision that congress makes. i don't think simply because congress is derelict in exercising its responsibilities but that exonerates presidential lawlessness as well. what we do have a third branch of government called the federal judiciary. two branches abdicate their responsibility of the court can hold things unconstitutional. one of the great oversights happened in world war ii. remember pursuant to executive order congress ratified president r

and at that time, we had two presidents who used the gulf of tonkin resolution basically to engaged in a massive ground war in mainland asia. that was a fairly flimsy basis upon which to wage war. and all of us of that generation are cognizant of that. or and i to return, understand you are wearing a different hat today than when you were on the senate foreign relations committee, but we heard you say and we heard the president say that you welcome a congressional authorization. but i guess i would gently prod you, don't you need it? citet it just as flimsy to a different resolution for a different time, different challenge 13 years ago? wouldn't it be better for our country, our allies to have a full-blown debate and to request that authorization, as i believe the constitution of the united states requires, but i know we are not going to agree? i want to give you an opportunity. >> thank you, congressman, for your original comment. i think i said to you that of course it would be better to have an update, it would be better to have a congress ratify and join in. it would be better to

. >> i am ray tonkin, district forei attorney.e stand with the pennsylvania state police and we've been actively helping them in their investigation. they're a fine law enforcement agency and with the assistance of many other, both state, local -- >> we've been listening in there. they're offering a 20,000 dollars e reward for the information leading to the capture and conviction of the person responsible for the cowardly attack on two state police. this is in blooming grove in pennsylvania, two pennsylvania state troopers ambushed in what they're calling a cowardly attack. these two officers didn't even have a chance to defend themselves, walking out of police barracks. one of the officers killed, another is in the hospital but they do not have anyone in custody at this point. they are calling this an active shooter and abactive crime scene. there is an active shooter on the lease. they do not believe that anyone else is a target of whoever did this. they do not believe that anyone else out there should be concerned about this pe

it was the gulf of tonkin resolution that said the president wants to go to war and now we have 58,000names and people wondered why did they die die? what did they die for? says john kerry said before he became secretary of state and before he he entered the senate who was going to tell the last soldier in vietnam when he died for? who's going to tell the last soldier who dies in afghanistan what he died for. by the way president obama did not take her church from afghanistan. indeed the initiative increase the troops in afghanistan. they are still there today. what happens in 2015 nobody knows but that ought to be decision that congress makes. lastly i don't think simply because congress is derelict in exercising its responsibilities that exonerates the presidential lawlessness as well. after all we do have a third branch of government called the federal judiciary which should step in inappropriate occasions and find at the two branches abdicate their responsibilities the court can hold things unconstitutional. one of the great oversights on that happened in world war ii. remember pur

. >> i'm old enough to remember back when the gulf of tonkin was razed, and there was the rush to warthen. only two senators were willing to stand up, senator gunning and wayne morris and ask the question, is it really worth doing this? it doesn't seem that today we have any of our political leadership willing to raise that question. it's all about the tactics of war rather than should we go to war at all. >> um, well, let me tackle those three, and i'm going to take them in reverse order. why the rush? sometimes there's a circumstance, you're under attack or an imminent attack where you ought to rush. but generally, you should avoid rushing if you can to do this the the right way. and, you know, what really -- i've been interested in this topic for a long time, but what really galvanized me recently was when the congressional leadership met with the president over the summer to talk about this issue and they exited the white house and went to the mic and said the president has all the authority he needs, and i'm like, you've got to be kidding me, you know? you're not speaking for me

today referred to as the gulf of tonkin resolution. and it notes the purpose is to -- the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast asia. and they talk about the attacks and say they're part of a deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression. the communist regime has been waged against his neighbors, therefore congress decides. and goes down to the bottom and says, let's see, with a constitution and the charter of the u.n. in accordance with our obligations under the seato treaty, the united states is therefore prepared as the president determines to take all necessary steps including the use of armed force to assist any member or protocol state of the seato treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. again, cambodia, laos and south vietnam were the protocol states. now, originally the premiere of cambodia said we are neutral, you're infringing upon our rights and so forth. this had no effect. south vietnam did ask for help and it was perfectly lawful for us to go to their help under international law.

certainly, i mean, this -- this could -- this could be a gulf of tonkin where we build ourselves in -- which took place in vietnam and was a justification for putting forces in vietnam. we could have senior command officers on the ground and a senior architecture to expand more aggressively but our president will have to go to congress at some point with that justification. this certainly needs to be done, but this truly with the numbers they have and the capabilities that they have, this is truly very, very focused on trying to provide intelligence to the iraqi security forces and to very specifically protect this embassy. >> so it's interesting. these men and women being put on the ground, it's not just theoretical. they are there because they know there are practical threats that they are involved in getting involved with. i don't think the president will have to go to justification for the congress. i think the big process here is when congress decides to take its constitutional authority seriously and becomes accountable for the decision of what the u.s. military does going forwa

the gulf of tonkin resolution is certainly a case in point. it led to a prolonged war and 55,000 u.s. deaths. the 93rd congress adopted the war powers resolution to reassert congress' role after both korea and vietnam. the war powers resolution requires the president to consult with congress prior to introducing american forces into hostilities. the administration as recently argued that the aerial strikes do not constitute hostilities because they don't involve sustained fighting. again, out of the president's own words, he said last week, this would be, quote, a comprehensive and sustained effort. that doesn't sound like a temporary action by the commander in chief. to put an even finer point on the issue, i remind my colleagues of house concurrent resolution 105, which was adopted in july, that prohibits the president from deploying or maintaining u.s. armed forces in a sustained combat role in iraq without specific statutory authorization. i agree with the president when he said we are strongest as a nation when the president and congress

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