Posted on 10/10/2003 9:29:50 AM PDT by yonif
That's elementary, son.
You made a charge and you either obtained that charge from somewhere or you made it up.
If you don't have a source, then we are obliged to conclude you made it up.
Very simple, really.
Yep; I hear that a lot from all the other phonies, liars and blowhards.
Honest folks find me fascinating.
Your pattern is the same...every time anyone questions your assumptions, charges, opinions or sources you immediately claim personal attack. Then you hem and haw and eventually sign off in a huff.
Funny, really. That is funny anyone bothers to read your crap.
No source? No sale.
Note: this topic is from 10/10/2003.
...Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yiftah Spector... Flying a Mirage III fighter jet code named "Kursa" or couch... was the first pilot to reach the ship, which was about 20 nautical miles west of Gaza. He had been on an air-to-air mission and was not loaded with bombs. Spector, now 63, went on to become a triple ace, shooting down 15 enemy aircraft, and take part in the 1981 raid on the Iraqi nuclear reactor, earning himself a place in the pantheon of Israeli fly boys. This week he ended a 20-year stint teaching new generations of pilots. Spector had always refused to discuss the attack on the USS Liberty, which killed 34 US sailors and wounded 172, or even be revealed as the pilot who led the attack on her. Until now... "It was thought to be an Egyptian vessel. This ship positively did not have any symbol or flag that I could see. What I was concerned with was that it was not one of ours. I looked for the symbol of our navy, which was a large white cross on its deck," he told The Jerusalem Post. "This was not there, so it wasn't one of ours." ...According to the June 8, 1967, radio transmission, Spector said: "I can't identify it but in any case it's a military ship." ...The 30mm rounds were armor piercing, which to this day led Liberty survivors to believe they had been under rocket attack. Spector's first pass ignited a fire which caused the ship to billow black smoke. Ironically, Spector transmitted he suspected the Liberty was putting out smoke to deliberately mask itself...
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