What was Operation Northwoods?

Answer 1

A false flag plan by the Joint Chiefs of Staff which called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war.
Kennedy refused to sign off on it. Too bad Bush didn't have the same cajones.

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