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What the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know
For ages people have distrusted their governments. Since the Vietnam War, tensions have grown between the United States government and it’s citizens. About 81 percent of people don’t trust their government. That’s one in five people. In 1964 only a minuscule 23 percent didn’t trust their government (Elving). So, what changed? The Vietnam War, where the government was caught lying and secret incidences where actions by the government weren’t known about in the public, such as the Montauk Project, have caused a rift between the people and the government. 1955-1975, the Vietnam War. Before the war in the South Asian country, most people trusted their government and would never even fathom a U.S. president lying to the public. During the Cold War, The United States was in a frenzy to stop the spread of communism. The country did this by only engaging in countries that were on the verge of adopting communism. This policy was called containment (Marlantes). One country that caught America’s eye was Vietnam. Like many other countries, the oppressed and poor state of the country made communism very appealing for the public. When the push for communism became real, America intervened.
Of course the president can’t just go to war, it needs approval from Congress. Lyndon B. Johnson, the president at the time sparked congress into sending more troops to Indochina with the “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,” (Marlantes). Two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin were reportedly fired at by Vietnamese during the dark of night (Marlantes). This solidified the threat of Vietnam and virtually sent America into war. Congress gave President Johnson full military power following the incident. Come to find out, those two naval ships were never fired at and didn’t have any damage to prove that. The government pretended that the navy was attacked to spark outrage in congress and the people to gain approval in a later unfavorable war. The government lied.
The government didn’t only deceive the people to begin the war, the deceit grew along with the war. With Soviet threats breathing down everyone’s neck and possible fallout looming in the shadows, the population were not in favor of the involvement in Vietnam. Many believed this wasn’t America’s place to be in. Protests cried out in the streets of DC as more troops would head into the dense forests of Indochina. The last thing the government wanted the already angry population to hear was that in fact the U.S. was losing the war. Unlike former wars, this war couldn’t determine who was winning by how much land had been taken by a side but by how many lifeless bodies would hit the ground. To keep the public informed of the war, during the news at night, body counts would be posted for the day on everyone’s TVs. To prevent outrage to grow and to attempt to keep the little support the military had, the government skewed the body counts in it’s favor (Marlantes). Again, the government lied.
Once the public found out about the deceit linked with the government and Vietnam created a rift between the government and its people. Everyone felt like the government and it’s politicians couldn’t be trusted (Elving). Conspiracy theory’s became more popular in the wake of Vietnam, including Montauk. The CIA took control of a project in the 80’s underground in Montauk, New York to create a “weapon” to beat the soviets. This weapon wouldn’t be made if metal but in fact be human. They wanted to harness the power of telekinesis into a human. Homeless people and others where no one would noticed their disappearance were reportedly the victims of these experiments (Adachi). The victims were tested with LSD and other psychedelic drugs to impact the brain and endure the power to levitate objects and shift their environment (Montauk). The project was kept secret and away from the public. Many people believe this to be true and aren’t surprised the government kept another thing from the public.
Endnote- This essay is about the Vietnam War and the Montauk Project and the growing distrust of the government. Some sources that were used for this were New York Times, NPR, and Crystalinks.
For ages people have distrusted their governments. Since the Vietnam War, tensions have grown between the United States government and it’s citizens. About 81 percent of people don’t trust their government. That’s one in five people. In 1964 only a minuscule 23 percent didn’t trust their government (Elving). So, what changed? The Vietnam War, where the government was caught lying and secret incidences where actions by the government weren’t known about in the public, such as the Montauk Project, have caused a rift between the people and the government. 1955-1975, the Vietnam War. Before the war in the South Asian country, most people trusted their government and would never even fathom a U.S. president lying to the public. During the Cold War, The United States was in a frenzy to stop the spread of communism. The country did this by only engaging in countries that were on the verge of adopting communism. This policy was called containment (Marlantes). One country that caught America’s eye was Vietnam. Like many other countries, the oppressed and poor state of the country made communism very appealing for the public. When the push for communism became real, America intervened.
Of course the president can’t just go to war, it needs approval from Congress. Lyndon B. Johnson, the president at the time sparked congress into sending more troops to Indochina with the “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,” (Marlantes). Two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin were reportedly fired at by Vietnamese during the dark of night (Marlantes). This solidified the threat of Vietnam and virtually sent America into war. Congress gave President Johnson full military power following the incident. Come to find out, those two naval ships were never fired at and didn’t have any damage to prove that. The government pretended that the navy was attacked to spark outrage in congress and the people to gain approval in a later unfavorable war. The government lied.
The government didn’t only deceive the people to begin the war, the deceit grew along with the war. With Soviet threats breathing down everyone’s neck and possible fallout looming in the shadows, the population were not in favor of the involvement in Vietnam. Many believed this wasn’t America’s place to be in. Protests cried out in the streets of DC as more troops would head into the dense forests of Indochina. The last thing the government wanted the already angry population to hear was that in fact the U.S. was losing the war. Unlike former wars, this war couldn’t determine who was winning by how much land had been taken by a side but by how many lifeless bodies would hit the ground. To keep the public informed of the war, during the news at night, body counts would be posted for the day on everyone’s TVs. To prevent outrage to grow and to attempt to keep the little support the military had, the government skewed the body counts in it’s favor (Marlantes). Again, the government lied.
Once the public found out about the deceit linked with the government and Vietnam created a rift between the government and its people. Everyone felt like the government and it’s politicians couldn’t be trusted (Elving). Conspiracy theory’s became more popular in the wake of Vietnam, including Montauk. The CIA took control of a project in the 80’s underground in Montauk, New York to create a “weapon” to beat the soviets. This weapon wouldn’t be made if metal but in fact be human. They wanted to harness the power of telekinesis into a human. Homeless people and others where no one would noticed their disappearance were reportedly the victims of these experiments (Adachi). The victims were tested with LSD and other psychedelic drugs to impact the brain and endure the power to levitate objects and shift their environment (Montauk). The project was kept secret and away from the public. Many people believe this to be true and aren’t surprised the government kept another thing from the public.
Endnote- This essay is about the Vietnam War and the Montauk Project and the growing distrust of the government. Some sources that were used for this were New York Times, NPR, and Crystalinks.