Why did the supposed attack on the U. S. destroyers provide a basis for sending in troops for President Lyndon B. Johnson?

The Gulf of Tonkin incident also known as the USS Maddox incident, drew the U. S. more The original U. S. claim was that on August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted President Lyndon B. Johnson the although the Maddox did not participate in the commando attacks.