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17. Remember the Maine!

Fri Apr 28, 2017, 09:08 PM

Apr 2017

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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

Yep. kentuck Apr 2017 #7

American military personnel deaths in Vietnam sarge43 Apr 2017 #10

Saw a documentary zentrum Apr 2017 #9

Sure do radical noodle Apr 2017 #11

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

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