Revolution and still not clear today, a confrontation between vietnamese ships and american ships which then led to a resolution ran through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking appropriately was chin fa, that we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation athat would lea to a real conflict there. So it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation which then not only didnt harm the enemy but strengthened their resolve and that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. The new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations right out here on this mall there was a Million People or how ever many it was that it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. Mass arrests, demonstrations, chicago that all of us can look back and see on cspan but it was a tumultuous time and most of it was bred by
On the 50th anniversary of his capture, senator mccain talked with American History tv about those events and his thoughts on the wars legacy and impact on america. This is about 25 minutes. Senator mccain, when you look back 50 years ago when your plane went down there in hanoi, and through the last 50 years, what today in your opinion are the legacies of vietnam, good and bad . The legacies of vietnam is that before we get into a conflict, we better have a strategy and a capability to win. And this is one of these gradual drip, drip, drip involvements, started out with a thing called the gulf of tonkin resolution where there was supposedly and still not clear to this day confrontation between vietnamese ship and or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus at strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was
Still not clear to this day confrontation between vietnamese ship and or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus at strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was china. That we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation and a conflageration that would lead to a real conflict there. So it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then not only didnt harm the enemy, but it strengthens their resolve. And that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. The new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations, right out here on this mall. There were a Million People or however many it was, it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. Mass arrests, demonstrations. Chicago. That all of us can look back and see on cspan. But it was a tumultuous tim
Im glad this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the Program Donald Trump signs an order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison camp open and possibly send i still faces that. Judge says usa gymnastics dog larry nasir is nondangerous of sexually abused two hundred sixty five. And a triple treat for stargazers as parts of the sea a blue moon a super moon and a total Lunar Eclipse all rolled into one. So the u. S. State department has designated the political leader of hamas its not a global terrorist and has slapped sanctions on him it means any u. S. Based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven its already considered a Terror Organization by the United States of the hamas officials have also been added to the list. This is not. Just for a big. No religion its for this reason we are considering this statement of the foolish statement committed by people who know nothing about what fre
Hello im Barbara Sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes the u. S. Puts hamas leader Ismail Haniya on its terror list freezing his Financial Assets. And to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay. Donald trump orders americas controversial prison in cuba to remain open reversing a key obama promise. British Prime Minister to resign may signs a billion dollar deals and pushes for free trade benefits with china. And im peter stammered in go with all your supporters arsenal sign gagnes striker America Obama young for a club record seventy nine Million Dollars that and more transfer deadline news coming up later in the program. The u. S. State department has put israel the political leader of hamas on the terror list how mouse is the palestinian faction which has the fact of ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven well for more on this lets go straight to rosalynn jordan in the washington d. C. Also in