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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Attack on the USS LIBERTY - Part I (6/8/1967) - Sep. 8th, 2003
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| John E. Borne, PhD
Posted on 09/08/2003 12:01:02 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: 4integrity
ooooo, sorry all, posted my prior note to wrong thread.
To: 4integrity
No Problem. I've done it a few times myself.
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posted on
09/08/2003 8:29:40 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: Sparta
Thanks Sparta.
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posted on
09/08/2003 8:30:18 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: 4integrity
LOL. No problem.
To: SAMWolf
I'm a Israel supporter but this attack stinks and from what I've read about it, it was deliberate.Roger that! But why? Has anyone ever offered an MO on what could be gained? Was Israel a pawn to CIA NSA rivalry?
Don't mean to pin these questions on you but usually there's a motive. Am I wrong?
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posted on
09/08/2003 8:41:59 AM PDT
by
w_over_w
(Middle age is when you choose cereal for the fiber, not the toy.)
To: w_over_w
The "motive" I've heard the most was that it was done to prevent us from finding out about a mass execution of Arab POWs.
Don't know if that makes enough sense to attack a US ship but if the USS LIBERTY could have been sunk it might have been easier to "Explain" the terrible accident away.
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posted on
09/08/2003 8:49:56 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: SAMWolf
Another piece of history that I had never heard before. Why would Johnson cover it up? Oh wait, he was an idiot. Silly me, never mind.
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posted on
09/08/2003 9:55:38 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: Samwise
I remember this, I was in high school and following the progress of the Six Day War in the news. At the time the "accident" story was pretty much accepted.
Part II tomorrow will explain a little more about the Johnson Administrations reaction and the "investigation", it really doesn't answer the "whys" though, that's what everyone is still trying to find discover.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:04:31 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: SAMWolf
This incident reinforces my opinion of Johnson, which we discussed on an earlier thread.
I don't expect the truth will become known, at least in my lifetime, beyond the story as you have told it.
This thread puts me a little in your debt. If you run into trouble I'll be back, though I have to leave for work soon.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:23:18 AM PDT
by
Iris7
(Victory! Always Victory, in spite of all costs, bad odds, and enemy's malice!)
To: Iris7
Part II goes more into the reaction and investigation, if some of the quotes attributed to Johnson are true, he was dispicable than I thought.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:34:27 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: bentfeather
Yep, we've got sun. Not too humid either...yet!
To: SAMWolf
Johnson . . . despicableYep. I'm trying to remember the decoration Johnson was awarded for taking a joy ride in the Pacific theater. Silver Star, I think.
I don't know what to think about the Liberty attack. By 1967 the U.S. had become Israel's biggest arms supplier. It just doesn't make sense to me for them to attack one of our ships.
I'm a supporter of Israel, but I have an open mind on this. I just don't get the motive.
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posted on
09/08/2003 4:06:15 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: colorado tanker
I just don't get the motive.That's the $64,000 question.
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posted on
09/08/2003 4:13:18 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; MistyCA; SpookBrat; AntiJen; PhilDragoo; All
Evening all!
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posted on
09/08/2003 5:52:02 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(There aren't enough conservatives in CA to vote for Tom and still have him to win. That's a fact)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Good Evening Victoria. How'd I miss that graphic???????
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posted on
09/08/2003 6:11:03 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
To: SAMWolf
LOL!! I'm glad you did.
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posted on
09/08/2003 6:18:34 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(There aren't enough conservatives in CA to vote for Tom and still have him to win. That's a fact)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Good evening Victoria.
To: SAMWolf
SAM, I don't think either side wants the truth to get out, therefore, we'll never know it. What we do know is something went terribly wrong and American lives were lost. Sad.
Thank you for this thread today. I'm looking forward to part two tomorrow.
To: snippy_about_it
You're welcome. Tomorrow we cover the Navy Investigation and the recall of the Rescue Missions
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posted on
09/08/2003 6:41:17 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.)
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