http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-the-myth-of-the-surge/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-the-myth-of-the-surge/#comment-2079 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:37:22 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/iraq-the-myth-of-the-surge/#comment-2079 History is full of Generals and Wannabe Generals (politicians), who have used the masses to fuel their ego(s). History is also full of "reasons" why countries have gone to war with other(s).Here are two examples: In 1939 Nazi Germany "dummied" up false evidence as a pretext to invasion. German agents dressed in Polish uniforms attacked their own radio installation at Gleiwitz. Hitler was so "outraged" by this "attack" that he declared war on Poland with the full support of The German people. In 1964 The USS Maddox was on an intelligence gathering mission along North Vietnam's coast and started a gunfight with some enemy torpedo boats. The crew of The Maddox claimed she was attacked first. President Johnson used this incident to justify his foreign policy in Vietnam and thus drawing the United States into a war that was basically a revolt against colonialism. In 2005 it was reveled in a NSA declassified report that there was no attack at all on the USS Maddox. Because of The Gulf of Tonkin incident (as it has come to be known as) Johnson was able to convince the American people that escalation of US Armed force in Vietnam was justified. Thus we can see, just by these two examples alone, that History does indeed repeat itself. History is full of Generals and Wannabe Generals (politicians), who have used the masses to fuel their ego(s). History is also full of “reasons” why countries have gone to war with other(s).Here are two examples: In 1939 Nazi Germany “dummied” up false evidence as a pretext to invasion. German agents dressed in Polish uniforms attacked their own radio installation at Gleiwitz. Hitler was so “outraged” by this “attack” that he declared war on Poland with the full support of The German people. In 1964 The USS Maddox was on an intelligence gathering mission along North Vietnam’s coast and started a gunfight with some enemy torpedo boats. The crew of The Maddox claimed she was attacked first. President Johnson used this incident to justify his foreign policy in Vietnam and thus drawing the United States into a war that was basically a revolt against colonialism. In 2005 it was reveled in a NSA declassified report that there was no attack at all on the USS Maddox. Because of The Gulf of Tonkin incident (as it has come to be known as) Johnson was able to convince the American people that escalation of US Armed force in Vietnam was justified. Thus we can see, just by these two examples alone, that History does indeed repeat itself.

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