Some history of dirty deeds done not dirt cheap

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662&page=1

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba - Operation Northwoods
>"In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro.

America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."
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https://anewkindofhuman.com/unadulterated-truth-brief-factual-account-hidden-history-time/

The Unadulterated Truth: A Brief Factual Account of Hidden History in Our Time
Written by Gavin Nascimento, Founder of aNewKindOfHuman.com

Table of Contents
1. Operation Gladio And The Historical Evidence Of Homegrown Terrorism
2. Sibel Edmonds, Gladio B And Incontrovertible Proof Of Media Manipulation Throughout Modern Day History
3. The Edward Snowden Distraction
4. Michael Springman, Libya, Syria And The Irrefutable Evidence That Western Governments And Their Affiliates Have Knowingly Armed, Financed And Trained Islamic Terrorists
5. MKULTRA, Civilian Shootings, Fake Terror Plots And Why Government Is The Greatest Threat Of All
6. Final Thoughts And The Coming Revolution
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https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/168/28173.html
What was Operation Condor?

>"In the 1960s and 1970s, populist, nationalist, and socialist movements emerged throughout the class-stratified nations of Latin America, challenging the entrenched privileges of local oligarchies as well as U.S. political and economic interests. In this context, U.S. national security strategists (who feared "another Cuba&quot and their Latin American counterparts began to regard large sectors of these societies as potentially or actually subversive. Cold War NationalSecurity Doctrine--a politicized doctrine of internal war and counterrevolution that targeted "internal enemies"--incorporated U.S. and French counterinsurgency concepts and anti-communist ideology. The doctrine gave the militaries a messianic mission: to remake their states and societies and eliminate "subversion." Political and social conflict was viewed through the lens of countersubversive war; the counterinsurgents believed that world communism had infiltrated their societies. During these years, militaries in country after country ousted civilian governments in a series of coups--even in such long-standing democracies as Chile and Uruguay--and installed repressive regimes. The "anticommunist crusade" became a crusade against the principles and institutions of democracy and against progressive and liberal as well as revolutionary forces, and the national security states institutionalized state terrorism."<
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https://www.enkivillage.org/when-did-the-vietnam-war-start.html
What Can Be Learned From the Vietnam War?

One of the biggest lessons of the Vietnam War was that the war was ultimately fought for an ideology and pride. Most look back on the Vietnam War as a terrible tragedy and a black mark in American history. Vietnam War also taught a lesson that we Americans were not omnipotent to do anything and war should, in any case, be the last option when there is absolutely no other way to solve the problem.


concerned about checks and balances, 77 year old man.
or do I put my tinfoil hat back on and pretend that was all alternate facts?

"It Can't Happen Here" - (Sinclair Lewis)
can it?