Propaganda Campaign Quotes
A false flag operation is one where a country’s covert operatives attack some asset of the nation and blame it on a foreign enemy—often to consolidate political power or gain public support for a war. For example, the Nazi’s secretly burned down the German parliament and blamed it on the Russian communists.
For some people it was shocking that an administration would establish a high level White House group to "market" a war. See {583420} for one of the ways WHIG functioned.
Historically, with the exception of military coups, in most revolutions and civil wars the dissident anti-government troops have a deep hostility toward the established government.