OT: remember

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 18:53 -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > there are documented moments when such acts (killing innocent American
> > civilians on American soil) were actually contemplated by members of our
> > own government...
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
> >   
> The Northwoods "plan", while indeed ludicrous, was purely deception. It 
> involved NO KILLING WHATSOEVER.  This elaborate play is a far cry from 
> outright killing thousands of people, destroying buildings, and somehow 
> involving and coordinating thousands of others in a plot and 
> successfully keeping it secret.
> 
> Was this plan rediculous? Yes. Did it involve killing innocent people, 
> or even enemies? No.  Could 9-11 be just a more "hardcore" version of 
> this plan? Anything is possible, but I have a hard time believing that 
> the govt would be capable of pulling off such an complex plan, involving 
> so many people.
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the second sentence in the link above says otherwise...perhaps you need
to fix the wikipedia entry since you obviously know more.

As for our governments' ability to pull off a complex hoax as
justification for war...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident

Me...I'm still trying to figure out what happened to all of the WMD in
Iraq

Craig