Posted on 11/17/2004 7:39:54 AM PST by datura
I think it's time to dump Israel. Too bad Johnson turned those planes around in '67.
What total horse shit! It is impossible to indentify the nationality of a submerged submarine without having collected acoustic and other information.
If we had attacked the submarine, dozens of American or French sailors would have died unnecessarily. We chose not to destroy the submarine, but rather to chase it away."
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Why did they phrase it like that? Perahps to implicate the French?
"M*rde Alors! We must surrender!"
This story smells bogus. The US and Israel are allies. If a US surface ship entered Israeli waters it would be welcomed. Why would Israel chase off a submarine if they thought it might be American? It doesn't make sense.
Also there are too many "unnamed sources" in the story. A legitimate news story lists the names of people who supply information.
Submarine periscopes have radio antennas inside, FYI.
Well.. it WAS a French sub. (Past tense)
;-)
You answered your own questions. We should end all foreign aid and withdraw from the UN, for starters. NATO should be next.
At this point, I honestly think that everyone can go to hell and the rest of the world can go FCC themselves!
It is more likely that we were simply testing how stealthy the subs could be knowing that the Israelis miss little.
Personally, I believe that Israel spies against us and we against them. That is the way it ought to be. I'm sure we spy against the Bristish too.
"How do you like this line of crap from Israel? If we wanted any information on something within that country I would think we could just ask them - without having to get a sub close to shore."
Somewhat more than I like the line of crap from you, actually.
What would they have to gain by blaming us (which no one actually did) if it wasn't us?
Face it - you used this article as a convenient excuse to bash Israel.
You must be eating some of your namesake.
Ah, the old "snorkle whip" antenna. Those 637's had so many masts for so few antennas.(I'm an old USS MCKee 67H sailmonkey.)
I was Army Artillery, so what I 'know' is what was patiently related to me.
*chuckle*
Well, there is the possibility that it was a U.S. attack sub. I doubt it seriously, but there is still that possibility. The fact that they say that they could have attacked it is true, but very stupid. To attack a sub that could have belonged to an ally would not be a wise decision. Also, no U.S. sub is exactly a sitting duck. Odds are pretty good that if the Israeli navy had attacked a U.S. submarine, they might have bitten off a wee more than they were counting on chewing.
Sounds like the French.
Well said. The article looks like a good excuse to bash Israel, and surprise surprise was concocted for that purpose.
NATO invites Israel to joint maneuvers for first time
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/17/4 | MARGOT DUDKEVITCH
Posted on 11/17/2004 8:00:05 AM PST by SmithL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1282105/posts
NATO's first stop: Lebanon
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/18/4 | ISRAEL ELAD ALTMAN
Posted on 11/17/2004 8:05:12 AM PST by SmithL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1282107/posts
Wasn't us. Probably French--looking for signals that an Israeli attack on Iran is about to happen.
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