The problem with lying

The Gulf on Tonkin resolution was based on a lie.  North Vietnam supposedly fired on American ships, and President Johnson called for retaliation, which Congress granted.  The problem was that North Vietnam had not fired on the ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.

On the run-up to the war in Iraq we were told that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction.”  Remember that?  Vice President Cheney claimed to have absolute proof.  The problem was that that whole war was based on a lie.

Now we are told that Iran attacked two American ships.  Did it?  Once trust is broken, it is very hard to reestablish.  I want more proof than the Trump administration has yet provided.  The Iranians evidently did shoot down a drone.  I suppose if an Iranian drone were flying over U.S. airspace, the U.S. might also shoot it down.