Why did president Johnson and secretary McNamara want to believe the early reports which erroneously claimed that the US was attacked by North Vietnam on August 4?

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Why did president Johnson and secretary McNamara want to believe the early reports which erroneously claimed that the US was attacked by North Vietnam on August 4?