Tonkin wasn't a "lie" but just a "spin" and the gummint has a way of
"spinning" it the way they want... ("Spin" - meaning "I'll tell the story
whatever way I want to tell it")

"Craig Welch" wrote in message
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On 2 Jan 2004 18:04:07 -0800, (Tchiowa) wrote:

The US did not go to war for oil when it had some reason for doing so
(in 1973) and when the oil embargo was causing a huge problem. Why? As
has been said, that simply isn't how the US does things.

Dead right. The US does things the proper way. By lying. About WMD
in Iraq, and about the Gulf of Tonkin incident in Vietnam.