I read your article "Four bloody lies of war, from Havana 1898 to Baghdad 2003".

Thank you for writing a great historical review.

I discovered at the national achieves, seven taped telephone conversations between Robert McNamara and Lyndon Johnson on august 4th 1964 the day of the Golf of Tonkin Incident.

One minute and thirty-eight seconds into clip # 3 McNamara says "and our ships are allegedly o be attack tonight". Confirming in there own words that the whole Gulf of Tonkin incident was to be a fake excuse to start a war and murder three million people.

If you listen to all seven clips you will get a real fly on the wall understanding of two mass murderers preparing for the kill.

I especially like the part were Johnson checks with the New York bankers before going ahead.

Jim Davis

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB132/tapes.htm