Is there any evidence to suggest that president LBJ knew that The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was a hoax?

by biggestboypants

I've read that the Tonkin Incident was staged. And later on the day of that incident day, LBJ addressed the American people to inform them that an attack occurred. This of course lead to escalation in Vietnam.

Bernardito

The Gulf of Tonkin incident wasn't staged. Here's a thread from a few weeks ago on the same subject with a very good comment by /u/ThinMountainAir on this topic.