President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.
“We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.”
“Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.”