[1cvmask]

This happens in every American war. The perpetrators are often promoted and encouraged.

And the media often is involved in the “coverup”.

In Indonesia the CIA orchestrated rebels and then a coup that resulted in the killing of over 3 million locals. And mainstream American media were involved in the cover up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Indonesia

https://www.workers.org/indonesia/chap2.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/th...

Other massacre examples that had coverups and denials:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mỹ_Lai_massacre

[contingencies]

FWIW the gist of the opening chapter of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, set in Indonesia, was confirmed for me by an Indonesian diplomat.