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Well I read that it had gotten the Gulf of Tonkin incident wrong in an article here. I stand corrected that sounds like a pretty good description of the inciden
by Synaesthesia 9y ago
Well I read that it had gotten the Gulf of Tonkin incident wrong in an article here. I stand corrected that sounds like a pretty good description of the incident.
I would like to watch it, I’ll get hold of it sometime.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/19/getting-the-gulf-of-tonkin-wrong-are-ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-telling-stories-about-the-central-events-used-to-legitimize-the-us-attack-against-vietnam/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/19/getting-the-gulf-of-...
- knz 9y agohttp://www.pbs.org/video/the-river-styx-january-1964-december-1965-wayhiw/ http://www.pbs.org/video/the-river-styx-january-1964-decembe... - Tonkin coverage starts around 18 minutes in, after considerable context being provided.
- lobster_johnson 9y agoThe author of that article can't possible have seen the episode in question, or has possibly seen only fragments of it — or he misinterpreted it — because his criticisms are completely false.
- Synaesthesia 9y agoYeah that’s why I say I stand corrected on that issue and I’ll watch it first, then criticize it.