As I recall when I looked into this seven years ago, it was actually Dick Cheney that had the military stand down. If this was a massive gov't conspiracy why would these madmen drunk on power include such a show of weakness (from a national security perspective).
It makes more sense to me that they didn't want a fighter pilot up there with an itchy trigger finger causing an international scene that included the gov't murdering its people. Then, they were so angry and ashamed they rushed into a war.
(Hey, Mikey - look - a cohesive theory. It's not so hard).
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