Gulf of Tonkin
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the lie that started the American war of aggression on Vietnam. All wars start with lies, and often the ones who are pushed to self-defense or just join in the slaughter, join in the lying too. Our leaders, and many in the media, were liars then and they are liars now.
It is sick beyond words. War is always a failure of human intelligence and human compassion. It is a near total success when it comes to getting Americans to believe in the lies, and stays that way until it is beyond clear that they will lose another war of aggression they started. Unfortunately, it is not Americans who really suffer from our lies and wars of aggression - it is the people we bomb who REALLY suffer.
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