August 1964: The war in Vietnam began with political lies based on fake intelligence. … The Joint Chiefs of Staff sent the USS Maddox … with order to “stimulate and record” North Vietnam’s reactions to t[Us sponsored] commando raids [of July and before]. … [A NSA 2005 report stated that intelligence] “was deliberately skewed to support the notion that there had been an attack by [North Vietnamese ships on US ships].’ … LBJ had been ready to bomb North Vietnam for two months. …
Oct. 2006--“Iran has superseded [the US] as the most influential power in Iraq.” London Royal Institute of International Affairs –NYRB, 11-2-06, p. 59
Sept. 10, 2007—an official Iranian delegation at a diplomatic conference … warned Sunday that if the Iraqi government could not stop militants from crossing into Iran and carrying out attacks, the Iranian authorities would respond militarily. NYT A11
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