"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain Nero burned Rome to blame the Christans A.D. 64
US provoked Mexican-American war 1846
USS Maine sinking 1898
Lusitania sinking 1915
Reichstag fire 1933
Hitler's staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station 1939
The "surprise attack" at Pearl Harbor 1941
Bay of Pigs conspiracy 1961
Operation Northwoods 1962
LBJ's Gulf of Tonkin conspiracy 1964
Kuwaiti baby incubator hoax 1991
Bush Jr.'s 9/11, yellow cake and WMD scams