Carter Roy

JFK with Operation Northwoods, Johnson with the Gulf of Tonkin, Bush with 9-11.

Perhaps the Lusitania wasn't a one-off operation, but a hundred year pattern of conspiracies to push the US into war.

Or maybe, maybe, Wilson saved it as proof of the hard decisions governments have to make.

When questions flew about the second torpedo's existence, all the British government could do was shrug their shoulders.

If they reveal the truth to the public, they'd lose their wartime advantage.

Their hands were tied.

And maybe their hands were tied the entire time.

Yes, they knew the Lusitania was in danger, but acting on that information could reveal just how much they knew.

Saving the Lusitania would destroy their biggest tactical advantage.

It came down to an impossible question.

Save the Lusitania, but prolong the war?

or sink the Lusitania and save more lives by ending it sooner.

So maybe it wasn't a nefarious act to manipulate a nation, but an impossible choice in an unprecedented war.

It's terrifying.

We want to think our government and military can protect us, but sometimes they can't.

And that's why false flag theories come up so frequently around acts of terrorism.

It's easier to accept that a few bad people abuse their power and government than that the government can't always look out for everyone.

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