[Poohbah]

Then why the IAF use of napalm and not bombs which could sink the ship?

Ouch. If he admits that the IAF used ordnance incapable of sinking the ship, then he has to back off the preplanned attack claim.

Unless, of course, his mullah simply tells him to ignore it.

[Thorin]

My mullah? I am a Roman Catholic. Putting American interests before Israeli interests hardly makes me a Moslem.

You might want to read what George Wahsington had to say about passionate attachments to foreign countries in his Farewell Address.