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zentrum

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9. Saw a documentary

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Apr 28, 2017, 06:38 PM

Apr 2017

...about MacNammara a few years ago that was all about this phony operation.

Good point. Yes, it sure feels like it's happening again. Dems need to remember and scream holy hell even if they don't have enough votes to stop it.

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Does anyone remember the Gulf of Tonkin incident? [View all] kentuck Apr 2017 OP

The Pentagon Papers makes for a sobering read. BSdetect Apr 2017 #1

+100 kentuck Apr 2017 #2

The US Government never learns from history. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #3

and the economy will tank.... spanone Apr 2017 #18

And the GOP wil blame lavish welfare spending guillaumeb Apr 2017 #20

US government sponsored fake news HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #4

4 sure McCamy Taylor Apr 2017 #5

Who knows how many American soldiers died after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed? L. Coyote Apr 2017 #6

Yep. kentuck Apr 2017 #7

American military personnel deaths in Vietnam sarge43 Apr 2017 #10

Today is the 30th anniversary of Ben Linder's assassination in Nicaragua. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #8

Saw a documentary zentrum Apr 2017 #9

Sure do radical noodle Apr 2017 #11

Years ago I had a very good friend who was on board the Turner Joy that day. Mr.Bill Apr 2017 #12

Barely Omaha Steve Apr 2017 #13

Not to mention the pretense with which we went to war in Iraq. Amaryllis Apr 2017 #14

Yes and don't forget the WMD nonsense tragedy SHRED Apr 2017 #15

Yes, and I have referred to it on DU whenever the topic of "legitimate news sources" comes up. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #16

Remember the Maine! tclambert Apr 2017 #17

yeah, I went through two diapers that day. Demonaut Apr 2017 #19

I was 15 and remember that it sounded fishy even then. VOX Apr 2017 #21

I remember this incident Gothmog Apr 2017 #22

Yes. Turned out to be a fake. Liberal In Texas Apr 2017 #23

I don't remember it since I wasn't born yet, but I read about it. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #24

Yes! Vividely! burrowowl Apr 2017 #25