of course he believes what he is saying. thats why i called him a nutcase and not a liar.
went to vietnam based on a lie um, no. we went to vietnam because the war hawks in the government were being overly cautious about the spread of communism and didnt want russia to gain anymore ground in the world because they were our "enemy" at the time. and thats exactly what the people were told. i do remember something about the administration falsifying some information about an attack on american military by the vietnamese ... just like the bush administration falsified evidence to get us into the iraq war.... but in both cases the reason for the war wasnt lied about.. in vietnam the government wanted to defeat communism and promote democracy and capitalism (for military and philanthropic reasons and also economic ones)... in iraq we wanted to remove on oppressive dictator who was promoting anti-american sentiment and was a threat to our national security because of it... we wanted to bring democracy and freedom.. (ALSO for military, economic, and philanthropic reasons)
its not about trusting politicians or dismissing the idea of a conspiracy outright... its about realizing the power of the freepress, checks and balances, transparancy, etc etc etc..
