The U.S. doesn't need to engage in those things when the media apparatus is such that it is in this country. You should read Manufacturing Consent if you want t

The U.S. doesn't need to engage in those things when the media apparatus is such that it is in this country. You should read Manufacturing Consent if you want to learn about how the U.S. extremely effectively serves propaganda to its citizens using the apparatus of the mass media. Even just reading about the decisionmaking going on out of public eyes during the Vietnam war would be enough. Gulf of Tonkin incident that kick started the war, for example, we know now was a false flag (1). 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident#NSA_report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident#NSA_re...