The document discusses several historical events where it is believed the official government accounts of how wars started may have been misleading or false. It suggests that in some cases, such as the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War, the US government may have deliberately provoked conflicts or misled the public about their causes, and questions whether internal explosions, rather than external attacks, caused events like the sinking of the USS Maine that precipitated war. It also discusses the Gulf of Tonkin incident and questions whether the reported attacks on US ships actually occurred. The document speculates there may have been advanced warning of the Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks but the information was not shared appropriately.