Operation Northwoods, Downing Street and Peak Oil

Back in 1963, as a well-scoured six-year-old preacher’s kid, I spent much time playing in the dirt at the ramshackle home of my friend, Gary Lloyd. There I was introduced not only to the fine art of cussing, but also to Gary’s sisters who somehow managed to freely frolic outside sans clothing. All of this occurred under the approving and watchful eye of Mrs. Loyd who always sat placidly and Buddha-like on the front porch with an unbuddha-like cigarette and drink.

At the same time that Gary and his sisters seemed intent on leading me down the road to a Mississippi Methodist Hell, the military leaders of the United States were planning to unleash another kind of hell, an attack on a country: it’s own, the United States of America. According to released classified documents, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had concocted a plan in which the military would attack its own citizens and then fix the blame on Cuba and Fidel Castro. The plan, Operation Northwoods, included the indiscriminate killing of American citizens, hijacking of airliners, and even sabotaging the flight of Astronaut John Glenn as he rocketed into space.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal