Julian Zelizer : Congress disclosures stirred hardly any reaction in Congress . President Lyndon Johnson used the reports of the attacks to call on Congress to grant him authority to take action . He says Democrat are trying to avoid adding to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 's problems . Gulf of Tonkin resolution was a case of Congress giving president blank check , he says . Julian Zelizer : WikiLeaks needs to use its powers to question whether war strategy is the right one .
Julian Zelizer : Congress disclosures stirred hardly any reaction in Congress . He says Democrat are trying to avoid adding to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 's problems . Gulf of Tonkin resolution was a case of Congress giving president blank check , he says . Julian Zelizer : WikiLeaks needs to use its powers to question whether war strategy is the right one .