Posted on 06/09/2009 2:17:06 PM PDT by Clint Williams
Draped above a bookcase in his home northeast of Seattle, Jim Ennes displays a bullet-riddled American flag.
On June 8, 1967 — 42 years ago Monday — the flag flew over his Navy spy ship, USS Liberty, as it came under assault from an unlikely antagonist — the state of Israel that unexpectedly turned its weaponry on America at the height of the Six-Day War against Egypt.
In a one-sided battle that lasted for more than an hour, Israeli fighter planes unleashed cannon shots, rockets and napalm. Then, an Israeli torpedo boat scored a direct hit that tore a 39-foot-wide hole in the hull. By the time the fighting was over, the Israeli military had killed 34 U.S. crew members and wounded more than 170.
Ennes has come to anticipate these anniversaries with a mix of weariness and frustration about the questions that still hang over the event.
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(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Last week, on the eve of the anniversary, came a new offering: "The Attack on the Liberty" by South Carolina investigative reporter James Scott, whose father, John Scott, was also a survivor of the attack and a friend of Ennes'.
What is this blasphemy? You know you can’t criticize Israel for anything here. Most would sell out their own country first.
One day we will learn the truth about the attack on the Liberty and hopefully that day will be soon.
What the hell were they thinking?
There is no new focus on the Liberty.
Its just the fallback justification for racist hatred.
The US military said on many occasions it was friendly fire.
Deal with it.
Lol. Thanks for proving my point.
Navy spy ship, USS Liberty, guess not in friendly waters
This, of course, is yet another reason why Uncle Sam should allow Iran to have nukes. To avenge the deliberate Israeli attack on the USS Liberty.
Did I do a good job?
Oh, geez...
What the heck difference could it possibly make? What about that incident is relevant to the situation as it sits today?
Deal with it.
New revelations in attack on American spy ship
U.S.S. Liberty [NSA declassified more documents on 40th anniversary]
"Betrayal behind Israeli attack on U.S. ship" by Admiral Thomas Moorer USN (Ret.)
Former Chief Navy Counsel Alleges Cover-Up by LBJ of 1967 Israeli Attack on U.S. Ship
And those were the years when the US was NOT much of a backer of Israel. They had a hands off policy because they did not want to offend the Russians. We (under the Johnson administration) had done some things that could have easily made Israel believe that our ships were a threat at a time of war. While I grieve for all of our fine younf men lost, I am not sure given the position that Israel was in, if I were in charge I might just have made the same call
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The Saudis have killed a lot more Americans on American soil - yet King Hussein flies there for his first official State visit to kiss the backside of their Theocratic Islamist Dictator.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/liberty1.html
The author of this scholarly piece is Dr. Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States.
Well, we just discussed this yesterday on another thread, so I won’t repeat what I said there.
I’ll just ask a question: Why is the Seattle Times, a left wing rag, running this story? Because they care about our military, or because they want to stir up hatred for Israel at a time when Obama is planning to abandon them because he is a Muslim lover.
To do that, they need to stir up more antisemitism first.
The USS Stark was hit by two missiles 22 years ago last month. Did you write an article about that anniversary? During the 1992 campaign Al Gore left no doubt that he believed it was intentionally attacked by Iraqi aircraft.
The fact that the Israeli torpedo boats ran right up alongside the Liberty and poured everything they had into to her, even machine gunning the life boats, tells me that the Israeli forces wanted NO survivors who could tell the story.
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