No one ever asserted it was new. Nor is the JFK conspiracy, but if you don't remember your history, it will repeat itself.
What's funny is people like "oneforthebus" think conspiracies from the govt. can't happen, but HERE, it has BEEN ADMITTED by the then-Sec of Def. that the Gulf of Tonkin event
NEVER HAPPENED but that was the excuse to make us enter the war.
The whole thing has been declassified. It is a known fact that they lied about being attacked, and yet, some still are in denial when it's not even a secret anymore.
Get informed. Don't live blind, even if the truth is uncomfortable to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1n0eVea9Zg
Listen to the declassified conversations.
Do you know what Operation Northwoods was about? That is also declassified and not even a debate. That was to be another false flag event but JFK wouldn't do it.