False flag, meaning an artificially created pretext for a predetermined action, (usually war).. Like the Germans at the Gliewitz radio station.. Japanese blowing up their own Manchurian Railway, and the incident at the Marco Polo bridge.. The Italians did something in Ethiopia too..
Yes, we in the US have a history of using it as well! Internationally, and on our own people!
CIA/FBI are experts at False Flags, and Blackmail.. Looking these days like they took lessons from the SD and Gestapo.. But people are much more AWARE now, than they used to be! Far less Jingoistic band wagon jumping.. People look for ulterior motives, are much harder to manipulate, Thank God!
The US embargo of Oil, Avgas, and Scrap Iron, to the Japanese, was not a "False Flag Operation".. Japan was using these materials we sent them to wage conquest upon the Chinese.. Their openly stated battle creed, was the "Three All's", Loot All, Burn All, Kill All.. Without the imports of US Oil Avgas and Scrap Iron, their war machine couldn't continue.. So we embargoed them, Rightfully so!
All they had to do, was STOP.. We didn't even demand they leave their occupied areas!