Janine Jackson — Remembering the Gulf of Tonkin, and the Consequences of Wanting to Believe

This was not "wanting to believe" but seizing on an opportunity and lying about what happened to convince the public to support expanding war.

The American elite still cannot admit this because then they would have to take responsibility for the 50,000 American lives lost, the many more that were wounded and disabled, and the destruction of a country. 

FAIR
Remembering the Gulf of Tonkin, and the Consequences of Wanting to Believe

Janine Jackson

Sputnik International — How Distorted Intelligence Dragged US Into Vietnam War 53 Years A

A minor incident in the Gulf of Tonkin triggered a series of events which lead to the Vietnam War and the more-than-decade long US involvement in the region, RIA Novosti contributor Vladimir Ardayev writes, emphasizing the fact that the military conflict started under false pretenses.

A reminder of a monumental strategic blunder.

Sputnik International
How Distorted Intelligence Dragged US Into Vietnam War 53 Years Ago

David Swanson — Will the Gulf of Tonkin Fit into the Red Sea?

Whitewashing war crimes. What else is new?

Foreign Policy Journal
Will the Gulf of Tonkin Fit into the Red Sea?
David Swanson, director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org

Moon of Alabama — Alleged "Attack" On U.S. Ships To Justify Continued War On Yemen

Gulf of Tonkin redux, since it worked so well?

Moon of Alabama
Alleged "Attack" On U.S. Ships To Justify Continued War On Yemen

Also

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Who done what?
Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.), former military intelligence officer at the US Defense Intelligence Agency