Face the Nation on WMD reminds me ...

"On the night of Aug. 4, the Pentagon proclaimed that a second attack by North Vietnamese PT boats had occurred earlier that day in the Tonkin Gulf — a report cited by President Johnson as he went on national TV that evening to announce a momentous escalation in the war: air strikes against North Vietnam.

But Johnson ordered U.S. bombers to "retaliate" for a North Vietnamese torpedo attack that never happened.
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"But Johnson's deceitful speech of Aug. 4, 1964, won accolades from editorial writers. The president, proclaimed the New York Times, "went to the American people last night with the somber facts." The Los Angeles Times urged Americans to "face the fact that the Communists, by their attack on American vessels in international waters, have themselves escalated the hostilities."


http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261

30-year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War

of first choice.

the pentagon and the white house are joined at the hip.

How come all these SMART office holders and t.v. yakkers with ALL the resources for intelligence didn't know it was all flim flam--------and just about ALL OF US HERE did. (Not a question.)

Bush* said Iraq was thinking of attacking us so we must launch a pre-emptive attack. Punish them for a thought crime. I thought the right-wing was completel;y opposed to "thought crimes" aka "hate crimes" I suppose they find no inconsistancies in what they do..