Operation Northwoods was the only good thing McNamara did while SecDef: He stopped it. On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Fritz wrote:
> Charles Jones wrote: > > Charles, would you care to comment on the following? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods > > If this is really true, it's quite disturbing. > Is this just "made up" Internet gibberish? > > As James Bamford summarizes in his book "Body of Secrets" > > --------------------------------- > Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman > and > every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent > people to > be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing > Cuba to > be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be > launched > in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for > bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony > evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer > and > his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, > they needed to launch their war. > --------------------------------- > > Fritz > > ====================================== > > >> I cannot imagine the state of anxiety and mistrust of someone who >> actually thinks that our govt would plot and publicly kill thousands >> of US citizens for some hidden agenda. >> >> -Charles >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
