Thank you Steve and thanks for your always insightful comments.
Let's be honest here: that Northwoods proposal was absolutely disgusting. Lemnitzer, who signed off on it, should have been fired. And anyone who suggested it too. That's right out of the Third Reich.I could not be more in harmony with you Mr G..... But that's our CIA....Which is about as un-American as possible.
Apparently you are unaware of the false flag operation that was supposed to coincide with the landings at BOP...... The CIA had selected some slow witted Cuban exile kids and told them that they were going to be "Special Commandos "but didn't tell them what their "special mission" was until they had embarked aboard a CIA ship and were safely out to sea. Then their CIA handlers told them that they were going to attack a Castro Army outpost as a diversion to draw Castro's forces away from BOP.
And to create confusion among Castro's troops in the outpost encampment they would be dressed in Castros troops uniforms. With one difference ....The Special commandos would be wearing colored neckerchiefs so they would be able to identify themselves.
In reality the CIA had planned to trick JFK into sending in the Marines because the "Castro army outpost encampment" was actually a US marine sentry post on the back side of Gitmo. The CIA had planned to kill a couple of US marines and leave some of the "Special Commandos" dead bodies as proof that Castro had attacked and killed the marines.
Just as you've pointed out that "Operation Northwoods" was straight from Hitler's play book..... The above should remind you of How Hitler started WWII with his attack on Poland in September of 1939.
I believe the plot is revealed in the book "The Fish Is Red"