<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12890"> Another horrible article by a history professor, this time in the NYT. But it's interesting that the majority of the commenters do a decent job of deconstructing his nonsense, especially when they are able to move beyond raging against Trump.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><a class="enhancr2_fbba7d98-f39e-5fc8-8b68-4685bfee0212" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12792" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/americas-case-of-tonkin-gulfitis.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0"><div>America’s Case of ‘Tonkin Gulfitis’</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12835"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12884"><br></div></a><div class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" id="enhancr2_fbba7d98-f39e-5fc8-8b68-4685bfee0212" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false" data-size="medium" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/americas-case-of-tonkin-gulfitis.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0"><a class="enhancr2_fbba7d98-f39e-5fc8-8b68-4685bfee0212" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12792" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/americas-case-of-tonkin-gulfitis.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0"> </a><a class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488895427154_12816" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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