What event led to the 1964 gulf of tonkin resolution?

The event that led to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of the same year.

Explanation:

The incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin occurred on August 2 and 4, 1964. North Vietnamese torpedo-boats and two US destroyers, USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951), exchanged gunshots on August 2, and August 4.

The existence of the 4 August clash has long been controversial. Subsequent evidence, including a report released in 2005 by the National Security Agency, indicates that there was no North Vietnamese attack on that date. It is said that those events were invented to give President Johnson full military powers to declare the war in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and resolutely engage his country in the Vietnam War.

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since most of current immigration into the u.s., both legal and illegal, is coming from latin america. it would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. since the u.s. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, i would not feel oppression is the main objective.  

the largest free trade nation, along with the largest gdp in the world wanting to expand it's economic policy on us, and including us, could only be positive. the u.s. government has no interest in, or way of simply forcing american culture on us. and has no track record of it. other nations that adopted american social culture, or "americanization" did so voluntarily, mainly through the choice of allowing american businesses and u.s. citizens to come into their nations, as free operatives.