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Fifty years since the Gulf of Tonkin incident which triggered the Vietnam war
Fifty years ago, a controversial confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin between the United States and North Vietnam forces set the stage for what eventually became US involvement in the Vietnam War. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNot the best period in US history and the final defeat can be laid fair and square on the politicians hindering the military.
Aug 09th, 2014 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0The write up of this is one ridiculous conspiracy theory, mistaken pings, false readings of 22 torpedoes that lead to conflict. Ha ha ha as if.
Aug 09th, 2014 - 12:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The probable truth (although I cannot verify this) is that it was a false flag event to go to war. War is big business. Now that the truth has come out (that cost 50,000+ American lives, and x number of Vietnamese) we now see the second round of BS as a cover up.
Most people would accept that war is necessary to stop dangerous ideologies and to keep certain politic and market freedoms, so why all the propaganda BS?
The propaganda BS is to perpetuate the self righteousness of “Gods own Country”
Aug 09th, 2014 - 01:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0not sure of the relevance of this to Mercopress's stated aims;
Aug 09th, 2014 - 01:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“MercoPress is an independent news agency started in 1993 which focuses on delivering news related to the Mercosur trade and political bloc, and member countries, covering an area of influence which includes South America, the South Atlantic and insular territories.”
It reports on this but hardly ever on Venezuela, one of the memebers of MercoSur?
Bit of a wonky editorial policy it seems...
@4 perhaps because Maduro's little bird doesn't have wifi?
Aug 09th, 2014 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5 haha!
Aug 09th, 2014 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They haven't even mentioned:
a) The Vnzln military police have just illegally detained a high profile Chilean - Felipe Cuevas, president of the youth sector of Chile’s Independent Democratic Union (UDI), was detained this Thursday afternoon in Caracas. He has been in Venezuela visiting Sairam Rivas, a student leader, and allegedly took photos of the Helicoide intelligence and detainment center. Chilean Congressman Javier Macaya criticized the detention of the youth activist: “It was a peaceful visit of one political leader concerned about democracy in Venezuela; in every sense then the detention seems arbitrary and illegal.“
b) the Madurista has regime further strengthened its tries to Russia and China, and without concern for the cost to future generations indebted to these countries. In fact, obligations to China now surpass the country’s international reserves, which stand at US$20.7 billion as of July 18, according to the Central Bank of Venezuela. Whilst subsidising Cuba to the tune of US$12 billion a year...
Both quite topical I think, yet a deafening silence from MercoPress?
Seems odd that they find the time and space to talk about Vietnam when Vnzla is a member of MercoSur.
@ 6 ilsen
Aug 09th, 2014 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0MP don’t have a reporting section as such, they just pick stuff up and ‘copy’ it for inclusion in the site.
I used to look at the Latin America Herald Tribune but found it wanting to say the least. The blogs also require a Fb membership which I ditched years ago after some of my friends had their site hacked.
I agree that MP should report the injustices that are happening in Venezuela but if the papers they have available are government stooges what is the point?
Brings the uss liberty to mind.
Aug 09th, 2014 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@7 ChrisR
Aug 09th, 2014 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I do understand how Mercopress functions, I just think they should try a little harder to achieve their stated aims, (of which I posted above). There is information out there and El Nacional is still independent for now even if the venerable El Universal has finally and tragically been taken over recently.
Outside of Venezuela I find The Panampost.com to be fairly good. However I assume it all boils down to what licensing arrangements MP has and with whom.
Shame.
@8 appendage
Aug 11th, 2014 - 12:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really? Why?
Did the US invade Israel as a result ?
Don't think so.
We thinks this little one, needs to be laid to rest,
Aug 11th, 2014 - 07:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0let the past rest in peace.......
@11
Aug 11th, 2014 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When you said 'little one' were you referencing the appendage @8 ?
:)
lol
Aug 15th, 2014 - 06:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.mercopress.com/2014/08/09/fifty-years-since-the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident-which-triggered-the-vietnam-war#comment343862: Yes. The same applies to Brazil as well. I am afraid the Mercopress is failure in terms of its stated goals.
Aug 18th, 2014 - 04:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0But what you need to understand is that Mercopress is a British government run propaganda tool whose main aim seems to be to keep the 'Falklands' British. Its target audience is not in America but in England (which is why it publishes in English). So, if you read the open section of the site you will see stories about Gibraltar and English princes which Mercopress seems to believe are of vital interest to Mercosul.
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