On Wed, 16 May 2001 20:01:05 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: >David Ruppe (ABCNEWS.com) wrote: >>The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public >>and the international community into supporting a war to oust >>Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro. >>America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. >>military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in >>Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. >>newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." > >hey, didn't the US do that before? Remember the Maine! I was just looking at the actual document on this "Operation: Mongoose," the American military plan, never implemented, to create a "pretext" for a military assault on Cuba back in 1962. They use the word "pretext" with no ironical detachment. Furthermore, part of the actual memo is a list of "pretexts," with one sub-part that begins, in their language: "A "Remember the Maine" incident could be arranged in several forms....." http://cryptome.org/jcs-corrupt.htm Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
