What is this blasphemy? You know you can’t criticize Israel for anything here. Most would sell out their own country first.
I look at it this way: If I were Israel and I knew the US had a security leak so serious that whatever the US knew, my enemies knew, I’d have taken out that ship too.
Accidentally, of course.
The entire incident is extremely confusing.
And one more email I got from a survivor (this has caught my interest of late)
To answer your questions:
How effectively did we fight back? We fought back? With what? The aircraft put large cannon holes in each of our 4 gun tubs and in each of our antenna mounts.
What was the mood like? We were scared ****less waiting all night for the rescue aircraft that we were hoping had been dispatched from the Sixth Fleet. We learned later that not one but two flights of rescue aircraft had been launched but both flights had been recalled before they arrived. If the first flight had not been recalled they in all likelihood would have arrived in time to drive away the torpedo boats.
How did we feel about being attacked by Israel? A bit surprised, to be sure. How we felt about being attacked by Israel pales compared to the outrage we felt then and feel today when we found out
that Lloyd Painter’s testimony has been removed from the record of the Court of Inquiry,
that the Court was ordered to conclude that the attack was not deliberate, that Findings of Fact were not supported by evidence and testimony in the Record,
that the written statements of some 65 USS Liberty survivors that had been provided to the Court at its request were not entered into the record,
that the Department of Defense has waived its obligation under the Department of Defense Law of War Program that requires it to investigate all allegations of violations of the laws of war whether committed by or against the United States,
that not a single Member of Congress has agreed to attend any function sponsored by USS Liberty survivors,
that Members of Congress demand we persuade millions of Americans to contact their Representatives and ask that the attack on our ship be investigated before they will support our goal to ensure the attack on our ship is finally subjected to the complete and comprehensive public Congressional investigation that routinely follows an attack of this kind but has been denied the attack on the USS Liberty,
that the Department of Defense has conducted five investigations into the death of Pat Tillman but refuse to conduct a single investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty.
We don’t care who did the attacking. The attack deserves to be investigated.
Warmest regards,
Joe Meadors