Army Colonel Warns False Flag ‘Gulf of Tonkin Incident’ May Be Used to Get US Into War with Iran

 Often, the American mainstream media  becomes a de facto government employee, taking the claims of U.S.  officials and reporting them as proven fact — and nothing exemplifies  this penchant better than reporting on the Gulf of Tonkin incident —  perhaps one of most flagrant lies ever dreamed up as a justification for  war. On August 5, 1964, the New York Times reported “President  Johnson has ordered retaliatory action against gunboats and ‘certain  supporting facilities in North Vietnam’ after renewed attacks against  American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.” Additional outlets, such as the Washington Post, echoed this claim. But it wasn’t true. 

At all. In fact,  the Gulf of Tonkin incident, as it became known, turned out to be a  fictitious creation courtesy of the government  to escalate war in Vietnam — leading to the deaths of tens of thousands  of U.S. troops and millions of Vietnamese, fomenting the largest  anti-war movement in American history, and tarnishing the reputation of a  nation once considered at least somewhat noble in the eyes of the  world. In 2010, more than 1,100 transcripts from the Vietnam era were released, proving Congress and officials raised serious doubts  about the information fed to them by the Pentagon and White House. But  while this internal grumbling took place, mainstream media dutifully  reported official statements as if the veracity of the information  couldn’t be disputed. 

Tom Wells, author of the exhaustive exposé “The War Within: America’s Battle Over Vietnam,” explained the media egregiously erred in “almost exclusive reliance on U.S. government officials as sources of information” and “reluctance to question official pronouncements on ‘national security issues.’” 

If due diligence had been performed,  and reporters had raised appropriate doubts about the Gulf of Tonkin  false flag, it’s arguable whether support for the contentious war would  have lasted as long as it did. Sadly, the United States has a tendency to repeat the same mistakes  over and over again. And now, a US Army Colonel is predicting that  another Gulf of Tonkin incident could bring us into war with Iran. As President Donald Trump continues to surround himself with neocon  warhawks, the drums are beating for war with Iran. 

The rhetoric is  becoming so strong, that Trump himself — without provocation — began  tweeting threats to the sovereign nation. On Tuesday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Colonel Douglas  Macgregor addressed the growing prospect of US war with Iran and warned  that a new “Gulf of Tonkin incident” could be used to drag us into it. Carlson mocked the neocons’ claims that Iran is the “greatest threat”  to America, explicitly noting that “virtually every attack in America  has been inspired not by Iran, but by Iran’s Sunni enemies.”

 Carlson pointed out how the neocons are hellbent on pushing the Trump administration into a new war. “If  there was ever a swamp in Washington you are looking at it — the  foreign policy establishment — they are working overtime to ensnare the  president in a mess in Iran,” Carlson said. “Let’s hope that he understands exactly what’s going on.” Pointing out Trump’s recent attempts at diplomacy with North Korea  and Russia, Col. Macgregor weighed in, noting that he thinks Trump will  attempt to avoid war with Iran. However, he noted that a false flag  could be used to drag us into it. 

“I think the president needs to watch carefully for the potential for something like the Gulf of Tonkin incident,” Col. Macgregor said. “Many  of your viewers may not remember that it never happened and we could  very well be treated to something like that in the Gulf. We should watch  for that, and this is an example of President Trump’s comments on fake  news, he should not be sabotage by fake news.” 

Carlson then pointed out how the Trump admin has reacted to fake news by attacking Syria—twice.

For those who may be unaware, the plan to overthrow Iran has long  been in the works. In fact, in April 2012, Pulitzer Prize-winning  journalist, Seymour Hersh reported  that the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command had trained (Mojahedin-e  Khalq) MEK operatives at a secret site in Nevada from 2005 to 2009. MEK  is the Iranian political-militant organization that advocates for the  violent overthrow of the current Iranian regime. 

They are hardly quiet about it. According to Hersh, MEK members were trained in intercepting  communications, cryptography, weaponry and small unit tactics at the  Nevada site until President Barack Obama took office in 2009. 

Hersh also  reported additional names of former U.S. officials paid to speak in  support of MEK, including former CIA directors James Woolsey and Porter  Goss; New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; former Vermont Governor  Howard Dean; former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation  Louis Freeh and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. Coincidentally, MEK was classified as a terrorist organization by the United States and its allies—during this training period—until they suddenly removed them from the list in 2012. While the current Iranian regime is certainly no bastion of freedom,  the idea that US intervention or a violent revolution would be  beneficial for the people of Iran is outright insane. 

To see what US  intervention—through military support and the support of  ‘protesters’—does to countries, one need only look at Syria, Iraq,  Afghanistan, and Libya to see the horrific death tolls and war-ravaged  dystopias left in America’s wake. To those paying attention over the years, Trump’s desire to intervene  in Iran, and his subsequent support in the media should come as no  surprise as it has been the plan since Bill Clinton was in office and  was documented in the neoconservative PNAC report. 

This was even admitted by General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, that the U.S. planned on going to war with Iran, according to a 2001 memo from the U.S. Secretary of Defense. “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years,” Clark said. “Starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off with Iran.” All presidents since Clinton have crossed countries off this list. Now it’s Trump’s turn. ing  requirements.