2. Operation Northwoods
At the time of its original proposal, there was not much public support for a war against Cuba. To boost this public support, Operation Northwoods was proposed. The plan was to perpetrate domestic attacks and then blame Cuba for them. Some of these attacks included plane hijackings and sinking boats of Cuban refugees. The project also proposed creating fake victims and holding fake funerals to stir public emotions, therefore calling on the people to want action against Cuba, the supposed threat.
The proposition of this project was rejected by President John F. Kennedy, but it is argued that some of its concepts were used to lesser degrees in order to achieve the same results.[9] When this proposal was leaked to the public, people were concerned with the government’s priorities and what they believed was a sacrifice for the greater good.