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President Lyndon Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incidents to get the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed. This permitted him to militarily assist any southeast Asian country that claimed to be victimized by communist aggression. He used this as justification to â??put boots on the groundâ?? (deploy troops) and begin open warfare with North Vietnam.

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It was a show of US political resolve that allowed the President to assist any country in jeopardy of communist aggression.

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Lyndon Johnson was president when the Tonkin Incident happened.

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president lydon b Johnson

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August 7, 1964 .

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LBJ

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