[Burkeman1]

Well- they just hate Jews! That will be the response. The men who served and died on that ship will be called anti semitic rather soon on this thread.

[drlevy88]

Why does it have to fall in one category or the other... "accident" or "deliberate." Why not "all of the above." A grand mix of mutual stupidity, snafu, and willful hubris that probably only God himself will ever get to the bottom of.

[Physicist]

The men who served and died on that ship will be called anti semitic rather soon on this thread.

I hope not. The men who were there have an excellent reason for not accepting the truth: they do not want to be told that they suffered and died for nothing more than somebody's negligence. They want to believe that their agony redounded to somebody's geopolitical purpose. They want a villain to blame, not a careless functionary. It's perfectly understandable...but that shouldn't affect the judgment of those of us who weren't there.