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malthaussen

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28. I think many knew it was a lie.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 5, 2013, 01:16 PM

Sep 2013

But it is interesting that the details of that lie are still emerging decades later.

Of course, I have no knowledge of what is being taught in school now. What has the Gulf of Tonkin have to do with STEM studies, after all?

-- Mal

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NSA bosses feared releasing Gulf of Tonkin intel would draw ''uncomfortable comparisons'' with Iraq [View all] Octafish Sep 2013 OP

It always should be peace first, Octafish. Always. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #1

Absolutely peace first. When we're the strongest nation in history... Octafish Sep 2013 #3

I absolutely love it when you "get all didactic"! It spreads knowledge every time. Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #20

Warfuckingmongers malaise Sep 2013 #26

JFK upon hearing news his friend Lumumba had been assassinated... Octafish Sep 2013 #27

Any smart rational person already knows that the "Gulf of Tonkin" incident Drale Sep 2013 #2

I'd bet you're in the minority. Octafish Sep 2013 #4

I am one teacher who brings this up in class. iemitsu Sep 2013 #19

I think many knew it was a lie. malthaussen Sep 2013 #28

Yes, that's why it was called an "illegal war" from the get go. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2013 #6

As a loyal American, I must point out how you consistently "forget" truedelphi Sep 2013 #5

NSA boss has got more power than any one person has held in US history... Octafish Sep 2013 #8

Much of that is not old stuff for me. Thanks for all the info - truedelphi Sep 2013 #9

God forbid the NSA is 'uncomfortable' felix_numinous Sep 2013 #7

Are you Robert McKee? Octafish Sep 2013 #21

No, thank you though felix_numinous Sep 2013 #25

Goddamn I thought this was pro-war satire at first. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #10

I thought it was an Onion article. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #12

Wink...wink...wink Supersedeas Sep 2013 #31

I thought this might have been the Onion.. awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #11

BFEE script plays Groundhog Day without the happy ending. Octafish Sep 2013 #22

Savak was trained felix_numinous Sep 2013 #29

"Analysts Made 'SIGINT fit the claim'" sounds a lot like: johnnyreb Sep 2013 #13

Lock Them Up. Octafish Sep 2013 #32

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2013 #14

Media, Propaganda and Vietnam Octafish Sep 2013 #33

As it fucking should gopiscrap Sep 2013 #15

I have been corrected here on DU for stating WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2013 #18

Nixon pulled a Bush on Eisenhower... Octafish Sep 2013 #35

Trust me I have pictures of me as a 7 year old gopiscrap Sep 2013 #38

From John Pilger... Octafish Sep 2013 #34

Hey no problem, my honor gopiscrap Sep 2013 #37

Nixon was ''supposed'' to succeed Eisenhower and Vietnam... Octafish Sep 2013 #39

Interesting how the NSA is central to suffragette Sep 2013 #16

Secret Government is un-American Octafish Sep 2013 #30

Yes, those who control the secrets get their way suffragette Sep 2013 #42

I could write a book coldbeer Sep 2013 #17

More from John Pilger... Octafish Sep 2013 #36

I find it interesting that they called it "shoe" Aerows Sep 2013 #41

From Senator Leahy's speech against the IWR on the eve of the vote: cali Sep 2013 #23

Thank you, cali! Here's another voice we sorely miss today... Octafish Sep 2013 #40

The NSA's Panopticon society Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #24

K&R + more truth to fuel those "uncomfortable comparisons" bobthedrummer Sep 2013 #43