Tonkin Anniversary -- Media Advisory -- August 7
 
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:49:42 -0500 (CDT)


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	PM Monday, August 6, 2007

	Media Advisory:
	Anniversary of Tonkin Gulf Resolution -- August 7

	Archival Footage Available Online

With only two dissenting votes in the entire Senate and House, the 
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964 -- 
clearing the path to escalate the war in Vietnam. Passage of the measure 
came after the Johnson administration falsely claimed that U.S. vessels 
in the Tonkin Gulf off the coast of Vietnam had been subjected to 
unprovoked attacks from North Vietnamese boats on August 2 and August 4.

Parallels between the Tonkin claims and the Bush administration's false 
claims that enabled the invasion of Iraq are explored with archival 
footage in the new documentary "War Made Easy." That segment of the film 
can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OLVuN6V7w

For a transcript of the documentary and other background material, go to:
http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org/press_room.html

"War Made Easy" -- subtitled "How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning 
Us to Death" -- is based on the book of the same name by Norman Solomon, 
executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. The film was 
produced by the Media Education Foundation.

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