Operation Northwoods: How the US Planned to Attack Itself and Start a War with Cuba
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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It's no secret that the US and Cuba have a long history of tense relations, often teetering on the brink of war. But just how far would Uncle Sam go to begin a genuine war with Cuba? The answer can be found in the declassified proposals for Operation Northwoods, a secret plan to wage false flag attacks on US citizens, soldiers, planes and ships, all with the goal of blaming these attacks on Cuba.
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| 2:14.0 | Welcome back to the show, Ridiculous historians. Thank you for tuning in. We are coming to you with fresh hot coffee and some fresh hot takes on this Monday morning as we record this. |
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| 2:38.0 | No, I'm not. You're not no. Not today. That was that was a false flag. That's right. That was a false identity of yours. Well, I guess so. I mean a false flag would be if I said I was China and then attacked the United States, but I was actually an agent of a different country trying to put the blame on China. |
| 2:58.0 | A good example of a false flag would be if super producer Casey Pagrum hacked his own bank account and then blamed it on a different person or country. |
| 3:12.0 | And then use that as an excuse to go to war, but you're a peaceful dude Casey. I don't see you waging one man war against an entire country. No, no false flags here. No, sorry. |
| 3:25.0 | Ben, are you saying that you I would not be a believable China as an individual. People would not buy that I was in fact the country of China. Well, maybe if you did it online in like a chat and you and you wrote in you either you spoke in Mandarin and you sounded like 1.3 ish billion people or you, you know, you wrote out the idea grams. |
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