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Obama Administration Czar Cass Sunstein wants to ban conspiracy theories, even though many turn out to be true. So in honor of Overlord Sunstein's thought and speech control fetish, we're going to look at some wild conspiracy theories that are in fact, true!

Some people can't resist resist a conspiracy theory, no matter how wild it is. If holographic lizard-men are involved, all the better! Others denounce any conspiracy theory as bunk, dangerous, and even unpatriotic. How dare someone challenge the "official" story!

But of course, conspiracies happen all the time. Bernie Madoff, ACORN, Cloward-Piven, global warming, al-Qaeda, the mafia, TARP, "stimulus" ... So while holographic lizard-men from outer-space may be a bit on the insane side, it's every bit as insane to insist that conspiracies don't exist at all!

Are we really to believe no one ever has an alternative agenda? Concerning the government, do we really believe nobody in government lies?

Anyways ... Let's take a look at a conspiracy theory that turned out to be true. A conspiracy so wild, you won't want to believe it!

Operation Northwoods

From 1961, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer and the Joint Chiefs drafted a plan to provoke war with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plan included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats carrying Cuban refugees, hijacking airplanes, blowing up an American ship, and even carrying out violent terrorist acts in U.S. cities.

America's top military brass were looking for ways to "convince" the American public to support a war to oust Castro. According to the plan, the ends justified U.S. causalities, stating: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."

The plan also called for establishing prolonged military control (not democracy) over the island nation after the invasion. All drawn-up at a time when military leaders demanded that the U.S. was too soft on communism.

While I personally haven't found the "9/11 Truthers" evidence convincing, it isn't hard to understand why they think the U.S. government was involved. Operation Northwoods provides solid basis for their fears!

President John F. Kennedy held a number of meetings with Lemnitzer, the Joint Chiefs, and CIA Director Allen Dulles, who pushed a CIA plan for a small-scale invasion by Cuban exiles, hoping to spark a revolution. This of course, is the ill-advised plan which led to the Bay of Pigs.

Kennedy was against it, and ordered the Pentagon to come up with another plan, which they did - Operation Northwoods. This plan

... which had the written approval of the Chairman [Lemnitzer] and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro...." James Bamford, Body of Secrets, p. 82

Luckily, President Kennedy and many in the civilian leadership put a stop to this madness. The scary thing is however, it took 40 years for this information to come out. So who knows what the CIA and Pentagon are up to these days ...

I'm not suggesting they're planning more terrorist attacks on Americans or anything like that, but blind-trust in these tyrants may result in a hefty cost.

And for Cass Sunstein ... Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

Resources:

• Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
• MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, Subject: Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba (TS)
• U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
• Operation Northwoods
• With Protectors Like These....