“A National Security Agency report released in 2007 reveals unequivocally that the alleged Aug. 4, 1964, attack by North Vietnam on U.S. destroyers never actually happened.”
You’ll also find that many of the ‘atrocities’ that the Serbs were accused of committing in Bosnia and Kosovo are, very quietly, being given additional review - and guess what, most were fakes or at least vast exaggerations of events...yet we wound up bombing Serbian civilians for 78 based on them.
And yes, it was the same bunch now doing the same in Ukraine. There are two reasons for people to ‘believe’ the lies: 1: They only trust CNN for news; 2: They have personal interests regarding Ukraine (money, relatives, live in nearby states hoping to carve up Ukraine, etc.).
The people who simply claim that one country attacking another is grounds for WW3 and/or direct US involvement, never bother to explain why the FAR MORE DEADLIER wars in Yemen or Central Africa are NOT grounds for us involvement. So they’re lying regarding their rationale...and they fit into one of the two above groups.
I think there is a third group that is stuck in a Cold War mindset.