To use whatever force was necessary to protect US interests.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 gave U.S. President Johnson any military force necessary to protect U.S. interests. The "War Powers Resolution" in 1973, which over-rode President Nixon's veto, restricted the President's power, without "Congressional Approval." The WPR was brought about by President Nixon's ground campaigns in Cambodia & Laos in 1970 and 1971, respectively.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
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The Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. It gave Congressional approval to expanding the United States presence in Vietnam. The US Congress gave Johnson permission to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."
Lyndon Johnson was the one who escalated the conflict into a full scale war. However, Eisenhower sent in military advisers and Kennedy deepened the US commitment to the keeping a non-Communist government in Vietnam.
Gulf of tonkin resolution.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
The Gulk of Tonkin Resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. It gave president Johnson the authority to use a military base in the region of Southeast Asia.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to aid any Southeast Asian country being threatened by communist aggression. He used this as justification for open warfare against North Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Congress passed this resolution which gave President Johnson whatever measures were necessary to prevent harm to US ships.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
The resolution gave the Defense Department the authority and the funds to move significant-sized combat units into South Vietnam.
The president was able to use force in Vietnam without a declaration due to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. This resolution, passed by Congress in 1964, granted President Lyndon B. Johnson authority to take any necessary measures to repel armed attacks against U.S. forces and to prevent further aggression. This effectively gave the president the power to escalate military involvement in Vietnam without an official declaration of war.
US troops were already in South Vietnam. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the president power to use whatever military force he felt necessary to protect US interests in Southeast Asia. Specifically the resolution gave the president authority to attack North Vietnam (bomb North Vietnam); which he ultimately ended up doing with Operation Rolling Thunder.
To escalate a simple guerrilla war being conducted in the republic of South Vietnam into an open conventional war against North Vietnam itself.