You are way out of line to impugn ex-texan's motives here. This man lost a friend who was serving my country as a Navy Seal on the U.S.S. Liberty...and your response is "Pallie symp". The Palestinians had nothing to do with the Liberty atrocity. It was Israeli planes that killed his friend. Obviously, your loyalties are not with the United States. Otherwise, you would be signing the petition and thanking ex-texan for starting this thread. Why don't you try explaining to ex-texan exactly why your good friends, the Israelis, killed his friend, the U.S. serviceman.
It's been explained many times before, in forums much higher and more demanding of factual truth than Free Republic. It was a case of mistaken identity. This happened on day four of a six day war; the Israeli pilots were full of adrenalin and fear. Sh*t happens. Accept it and move on, or join the grassy knowl crowd.