[fugazi]

https://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/rescue-basher-52

Interesting article providing more detail on the Scott O'Grady operation in Bosnia. The mission was given the green light moments after hearing from the downed pilot and the commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit personally rode along... quite a stark contrast to the situation at Benghazi during the previous administration.

[MplsSteve]

I’ve always been pro-Israel but from what I’ve read on the subject, their attack on the Liberty was no accident. It wasn’t one of those “fog of war” incidents.

It happened on a sunny day in an area of the Med. Sea that was no experiencing combat operations. There were no Egyptian ships in the are at all. The attack was no one of those “out of the blue” ones either. The Israelis had surveilled the Liberty at least twice that day.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The US was not so decidely pro-Israel back in '67. The Israelis were concerned that the information the Liberty was collecring might fall into Egyptian hands, so they attacked her to prevent her from completing whatever mission she was on. No accident, no fog of war, no question that it was 100% intentional. They had been watching the Liberty forsome period of time beforehand, and the Liberty ran up a US flag twice, iirc, during the attack.

That the Israeli government was let off the hook for such a blatant action against an American vessel is shameful.

[DickBrannigan]

An event through which we should always view our “close allies”.