SGT Jose Perdelia-Torres 1838460 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Vietnam was thought to be started after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which many regard as a false flag operation. <br /><br />What are your thoughts behind this as well as the question i posed? 2016-08-26T08:19:20-04:00 SGT Jose Perdelia-Torres 1838460

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Vietnam was thought to be started after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which many regard as a false flag operation. <br /><br />What are your thoughts behind this as well as the question i posed?

2016-08-26T08:19:20-04:00 2016-08-26T08:19:20-04:00 SGT David T. 1838493

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wouldn't call it a false flag op exactly. I'd call it a pretend op at best. There is a bunch of evidence to suggest that the ship was firing at nothing. However, we need to remember that military action is a political act. So in order to further said political goals sometimes folks resort to some questionable things. A good example of this was the German bombing of Coventry in Britain during WWII. Churchill knew of the attack before, but if he acted and evacuated the city, then the Germans would know that the Allies broke their codes. So Churchill did nothing and allowed the city to be destroyed. While not really a false flag op in the strictest sense it is sort of along the same lines.

2016-08-26T08:32:07-04:00 2016-08-26T08:32:07-04:00 PO3 Donald Murphy 1838594

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its nothing new in history. The Japanese started WW2 based on a false attack on their forces in Mudken ("Marco Polo Bridge Incident" in 1937). Two years later, Germany will start war in Europe based on being "attacked" by Polish troops. In both incidents, the Japanese and Germans dressed up corpses in their forces' uniforms and left them for the media to find. <br /><br />Today? Well we have virtually everything in Iraq, right? That was invented based on the possibility of WMD being found.

2016-08-26T09:24:51-04:00 2016-08-26T09:24:51-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1839210

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is no quicker way to rally public support than to convince the public that they are under attack and/or about to be.

2016-08-26T13:06:14-04:00 2016-08-26T13:06:14-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 1859617

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Excellent Query, False Flag? or Fog of War? Opportunism, Sure Ok. Looking for any Excuse, Yep. False Flag though is a bit harsh.

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