Gaps and Lies
Both political parties have deceived the American public about the threats posed by the current enemy. Before the Missile Gap, there was the Bomber Gap; after, the Credibility Gap.
In the final analysis, neither bomber nor missile gaps were used to justify an invasion of the Soviet Union.
The Credibility Gap, however, reflected media characterization of the Johnson Adminstration's repeated lying about the cause and progress of the war in Viet Nam.
As Casus Belli, The Gulf of Tonkin incident was as big a lie as Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Sad to say, there have been even bigger lies.
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