Operation Northwoods - The US actually considered this??

[buriramboy]

Operation Northwoods was a series of proposals that originated within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the United States government in 1962. The proposals, which called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in US cities and elsewhere, were rejected by the Kennedy administration.[2]

At the time of the proposal, Cuba had recently become communist under Fidel Castro. The operation proposed creating public support for a war against Cuba by blaming it for terrorist acts.[3] To this end, Operation Northwoods proposals recommended hijackings and bombings followed by the introduction of phony evidence that would implicate the Cuban government. It stated:


The desired resultant from the execution of this plan would be to place the United States in the apparent position of suffering defensible grievances from a rash and irresponsible government of Cuba and to develop an international image of a Cuban threat to peace in the Western Hemisphere.

Several other proposals were included within Operation Northwoods, including real or simulated actions against various US military and civilian targets. The operation recommended developing a "Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington".

The plan was drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed by Chairman Lyman Lemnitzer and sent to the Secretary of Defense. Although part of the US government's anti-communist Cuban Project, Operation Northwoods was never officially accepted; it was authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but then rejected by President John F. Kennedy. According to currently released documentation, none of the operations became active under the auspices of the Operation Northwoods proposals.


Lots more to read....
Operation Northwoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Necron99]

Defense filing cabinets the world over are full of bizarre plans that would never be accepted or are at the least fanciful in the extreme.
There will be many in there on how to deal with aliens, friendly or hostile too.
They ask think tanks to come up with plans and options, they rarely put any limits on those requests.

[Seekingasylum]

People consistently overlook the Nazi gene strand that permeates the American government DNA post WW2. The moral compass was skewed with the perceived threat from the communists but that was simply because of an unaccountable military element in partnership with an equally unaccountable intelligence agency network.

The end justifies the means should be on their dollar bills not that hypocritical religious shit septics love to hang around their necks.

[Pound Hound]

The end justifies the means should be on their dollar bills

absolutely correct there!

[pseudolus]

it was authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

Mate - despite the typical snopes answer from Necron, yes it was taken very seriously. The JCS does not sign things off willy nilly to hit the presidents desk.

This was not taken up hence the information was released for public consumption.

Which ones have not been released, because they were accepted, especially after JFK, spoilsport that he was, was topped?.

think tanks to come up with plans and options, they rarely put any limits on those requests.

JCS are not a think tank.