There was much controversy over going to war with Vietnam, however, what was the real question of post-war conflicts was did the US intend to go to Vietnam before the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The first reason for why the US always intended to go to Vietnam is because they were already making plans to go to war prior to the gulf of tonkin incident. In document B, it demonstrates how the US prior to the events on Aug. 2, 1964 (the gulf of Tonkin), on May 25, 1964 in a memorandum from a foreign affairs advisors, how the U.S. will use selected and carefully graduated military force against North Vietnam. Form this one can infer that the US was always in an attempt to fight the VIetnam even before the events of the Gulf of TOnkin they were on
