[SJackson]

You might find Spector’s first interview interview on the incident. He’s certainly a jerk. His actions should be viewed in the context of Israel’s rules of engagement at the rather perilous time. Given the fact that it was a war zone, and that no friendly ships we in the area, the pilot was to ascertain if it was an Israeli vessel (blue cross painted on deck visible from air), otherwise assume it’s hostile and attack.

I did not fire on the Liberty as a human target. I was sent to attack a sailing vessel. This ship was on an escape route from the El Arish area, which at that same moment had heavy smoke rising from it,

I can't identify it but in any case it's a military ship."

I circled it twice and it did not fire on me. My assumption was that it was likely to open fire at me and nevertheless I slowed down and I looked and there was positively no flag. Just to make sure I photographed it

I was told on the radio that it was an Egyptian ship off the Gaza coast. Hit it. The luck of the ship was that I was armed only with light ammunition [30mm] against aircraft. If I had had a bomb it would be sitting on the bottom today like the Titanic. I promise you

Every order is given by commanders and the last one to receive it has to decide whether he will pull the trigger or not. In this instance I was the fighter. I checked what I had to check [i.e. that it was a military ship and not one of ours] and pulled the trigger

[Little Ray]

I don't really see anything wrong here. Based on a limited acquaintance with the breed, he sounds like a fighter pilot: aggressive, proud, and with a limited tolerance for lesser mortals. I have never met a humble aviator, much less a humble fighter pilot.
Spector did his job, he did it as well as he could with the tools at his disposal. If he had better tools, he'd have sunk the USS Libert without a qualm and would not regret it to this day. Keep in mind, this guy is a probably a good fighter pilot. He's killed plenty of people on the ground and, likely, a few in the air. He doesn't lose any sleep over it. He's not going to apologize.

All things considered, I like that. I hope we have people like him bombing the Islamofascist scum: no mercy; no pity; no regrets. Its better than folks like WJC who will apologize for anything if they can find an advantage to it.