... different, but the powers granted to the President in the resolutions are very much the same. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: When President Johnson took office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the U.S. military had already been involved in South Vietnam for almost two years. Military advisors were training the South Vietnamese military. The goal was to strengthen the military so ... was put on the floor for debate. The resolution was taken up by Senator J. William Fulbright, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. While on the floor Senator John S. Cooper asked ...

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... American lives and money, into consideration and decided it was worth a try. So, deciding that none of the alternatives would achieve their goals as well as war would, the U.S. went ahead with operation Iraqi Freedom on the 19th of March with a strike at a location where Saddam Hussein and most of his top officials were believed to be hiding in underground bunkers ... a war to be pre-emptive the nation attacked must pose a real and imminent threat (Hirshberg, ) and while Saddam Hussein may pose a real threat not all agree that it is imminent. John B. Shane, the Episcopal bishop of Washi...

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