Liberty / The U.S.S. Liberty (point / counter-point about 6 Day War event)

Hour Eleven ^ | 20 December 2003 | Pieter J. Friedrich

[Lando Lincoln]

I am not familiar enough about this event to comment on it. Anyone?

Lando

[Lando Lincoln]

I am one of the biggest supporters of Israel around. But, I am curious about this event. Any take on it?

All the best,

Lando

[Thane_Banquo]

The crewmember's claim that he could wave at a pilot in a jet and see him wave back and smile is particularly hilarious. Right, like you could see him smile as he's zooming past you at 400 mph.

Sure. I was born yesterday.

[MEG33]

If you do a search,there is an ongoing battle about this on FR.

[zarf]

"How many times do we have to suffer this crap"

[Catspaw]

Lando, you may want to check out some of the links in this article. Some lead to ultra-leftist sources, including on that says to check Al Jazeera as a resource.

[Lando Lincoln]

Will do MEG33.....I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about such events. This one - well I must have had a algebra exam to worry about, I guess.

Lando

[MEG33]

Algebra is much more important,believe me.Good Luck!God rest the Liberty sailors.

[Samwise]

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/977970/posts

Here's a Foxhole thread for you.

[Glenn]

"How many times do we have to suffer this crap"

As long as there is tinfoil in the world.

[Catspaw]

According to this FAQ, "Israel says its pilots and torpedo boat commanders confused the USS Libertywith the El Quseir, an Egyptian ship allegedly firing upon its forces in the Sinai. But there was no Egyptian naval bombardment that day..."

This link leads to this website:

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/lib_qa.html

Their tribute page to Rachel Corrie:

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/rachelsletters.html

And this page:

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/our_story.html

 

Sorry, the page you requested was not found.

While our website is still under construction, we recommend that you visit the Independent of London, Ha'aretz Daily,or Al-Jazeera. All three of these international news sources provide more accurate depictions of the current situation in Israel/Palestine, although they still do not provide all the information that American readers need to know.

[Lando Lincoln]

Yeesh....you are right......For what it is worth, I have been up all nite with a killer headache - now, I finally can look at a monitor to satisfy my "news" fix.

To all....if I have plowed up old ground....well, it is fresh to me. And, again - I am a huge supporter of Israel.

Lando

[Catspaw]

Sorry about your headache....I get nasty sinus headaches from time to time, so I can sympathize.

A number of the links in the article lead back to FR and I haven't checked them out (but given the other threads, there's a raging debate about this), so I just checked out a couple of them. The tipoff on the one link was the Rachel Corrie memorial page. It's a pro-Palestinian site.

[Lando Lincoln]

Amen....thanks to all for the graciousness of your responses. I have to smile..... I thought I was making a really "cool" point/counter-point post. Take it for what it is (besides, it's kind of a slow morning anyway).

God bless the Liberty souls.

Lando

[milan]

Did you read the link that was provided about the 6 day war?

It is the most biased piece against Israel I have ever read: "As stated above, Jordan unlike Israel never wanted the war to take place. Much pressure has been put, however, by Jordanians who wanted to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, for Jordan to join the warfare."

That is just one piece of it. The entire encyclopedia article is biased.

[Lando Lincoln]

I think it is well established that I did not. FRiends Catspaw and MEG33 already have helped me out. It is clear that the article is bent.

yonif....I did not adequately follow all references. Comment if you like, but it is clear there is a bias in the article against Israel. All the best,

Lando

[AppyPappy]

Here comes the Liberty again.

[nuconvert]

You opened up a can of worms.

"just as Israel is a threat today,"....big tip-off to bias.

Like your graphic

[Lando Lincoln]

Oh well....some topics will not go away, I guess. In this case, for some reason, I stumbled into it. Some topics are more satisfying to re-open (Billary, and the like).

All the best,

Lando

[Lando Lincoln]

Well, what the heck.....I'm gonna let that circle go round and round and jump off this thread. But, it is safe to say..."Lando did it!!!"

(Thanks for the graphic comment - I've had tons of compliments!)

Lando