2007-07-15 07:18:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, where US warships were apparently attacked by North Vietnamese PT Boats, was cited by President Johnson as a legitimate provocation mandating U.S. escalation in Vietnam, yet Tonkin was a staged charade that never took place. Declassified LBJ presidential tapes discuss how to spin the non-event to escalate it as justification for air strikes and the NSA faked intelligence data to make it appear as if two US ships had been lost. Tonkin was the ultimate example of staged terror or a staged provocation.
Indeed Ron Paul warned of the danger of a staged provocation on the floor of Congress back in January, when he spoke of his concern about "A contrived Gulf of Tonkin- type incident may occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran."
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2007-07-15 07:19:05 · update #1
How about that? He really did say this:
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr011107.htm
Interesting comments.
2007-07-15 07:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I remember the Gulf of Tonkin incident. I was in high school at the time and my US History teacher warned us it was phony -- a contrived excuse to justify bombing North Vietnamese civilian populations. I didn't believe my teacher at the time, but it turned out he was absolutely correct. Now I know better than to believe anything a sitting US President says -- ever.
It's all but inevitable that the USA will attack Iran -- all that's lacking is a suitable excuse.
2007-07-15 14:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, totally agree with him. I think it is exactly what this administration is planning to do to justify attacking Iran and suspending civil liberties with the Homeland Security directive and thus imposing Material Law.
2007-07-15 14:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Fluffy Wisdom 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul is a Representative, not a Senator.
2007-07-15 14:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Wow, didn't you know everything is garnered for support of the war? Where have you been? You haven't heard all the stuff bush has said?
2007-07-15 14:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Seems to me. like there are plenty of legetimate terrorist's out there willing to do it without any hidden agenda.
2007-07-15 14:28:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋