Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq
- Written by Betty Medsger, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University
Military personnel on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on Dec. 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, during a U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty ImagesAre Americans about to be led again into a war based on misrepresentations and lies? It’s happened before, most recently...