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Many US wars were triggered by dis/misinformation: The Gulf of Tonkin for Vietnam, and the fictitous nuclear weapons program in Iraq come to mind. For Iraq, th
by wolverine876 3y ago
Many US wars were triggered by dis/misinformation: The Gulf of Tonkin for Vietnam, and the fictitous nuclear weapons program in Iraq come to mind.
For Iraq, the government made an argument something like, 'you can't wait for the mushroom cloud'.
- bawolff 3y agoI think there is a difference between how wars are "sold" to voters and why nations actually go to war.
- wolverine876 3y agoYes, good point. But let's not overestimate leaders' deep strategic thinking or rationality; they can be mislead and emotional too.
- pydry 3y agoLet's also not pretend that Iraq was about WMDs rather than empire. They knew it was a lie.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoWMDs would also be about threat to empire.
- c0nducktr 3y agoThe US War in Iraq was not due to misinformation. Misinformation may have sold it to the public, but to give the people responsible for that war a pass, as if they were just mislead, is .. well it's just covering for their actions.
- wolverine876 3y agoYes, agreed. Part of my point is that, public or private, it was not driven by facts.