Lyndon B Johnson went into presidency and put certain policies in place in response to the Vietnam War. When North Vietnamese patrol boats fired on the American vessel, Johnson claimed it was a threat and an act of aggression. As a response, Congress passed the Golf Tonkin resolution that allowed the president to take all necessary measures to repel and attack in Vietnam. When Lyndon B Johnson was campaigning he assured he would not send more troops to Vietnam but almost immediately after taking office he did just that. During Nixon's presidency, he had mentioned that he had a plan called Vietnamization to end the War in Vietnam but his plan that included constant American bombing, did not end or limit the war. Nixon ordered troops into
