Lyndon Johnson actually said...

And in that month, on the recommendation of the National Security Council, I decided that we had to 'meet the common danger' by bringing our air power to bear against the source of the aggression.

Context

Letter to Senator Jackson Concerning the Bombing of North Vietnam.

03/01/1967

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