The Spanish American War [April 1898 – August 1898]
Catalyst
Spain allegedely bombed the USS Maine in 1898 killing 266 people. The catalyst for the Spanish American war.
Conclusion
In 1976, a team of naval explosive experts concluded that the explosion that sunk the vessel was caused by an internal explosion from ammunition being stored on board.
WW1 - The Lusitania [7 May, 1915]
Catalyst
The US didn't enter WW1 until the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat. 128 Americans died.
Conclusion
The ship was sent in to U-boat waters on purpose. Such a conspiracy could not have been put into effect without Winston Churchill's express permission and approval. In 2008, a diving expedition discovered that the Lusitania held more than 4 million rounds of rifle ammunition in boxes labelled "cheese","butter" and "oysters".
Vietnam - The Tonkin/USS Maddox Incident [2 August, 1964]
Catalyst
On 2 August 1964 the Vietnamese attacked the USS Maddox. The news of the attack was spread far and wide by the media and government.
Conclusion
Former Sec. of Defence Robert McNamara admitted decades later in an Oscar winning film "Our judgement that we'd been attacked that day, was wrong".
The Gulf War - Babies in Incubators [2 August, 1990 – 28 February, 1991]
Catalyst
An eye-witness account of Iraqi brutality infuriates Americans and the US military responds. A 15 year old Kuwait girl's testimony was sold to the public as a bombshell story: "While i was there i saw the Iraqi soldiers come in to the hospital with guns. They took the babies out of the incubators and left them to die on the cold floor"
Conclusion
Thanks to a Canadian news agency's investigation: We now know that the Kuwaiti girl was the daughter of a Kuwaiti ambassador, who attended acting classes paid for by an American PR firm. There was not one single "incubator baby" death.
