Posted on 01/13/2004 10:40:22 PM PST by churchillbuff
"A CIA memo of June 13 reported they had no intercepts from the attacking planes and torpedo boats, but that the helicopter pilots' communication left little doubt that the Israelis had failed to identify the Liberty as a US ship," said Harriet Schwar, editor of the newly released volume.
"A follow-up CIA memo on June 21st noted that the Liberty had been identified prior to the attacks but concluded that the Israelis were not aware at the time of the attack that they were attacking a US ship. It concluded that the attack was not made in malice, but was by mistake, representing gross negligence. The Defense Intelligence Agency reached a similar conclusion," Schwar added
If I had my way he would be hung by the neck in Lafayette Square Park across the street from the White house and left to rot as a warning to all self appointed "elite" bureaucrats.
Regards,.
Evidence?
LOL!! You only want one conclusion and you won't stop until you hear it!! You're so full of crap it's beyond words.
Have fun shooting your cap gun on the Grassy Knoll.
You consider Admirar Moorer and other top military leaders who had responsibility over the men of the Liberty to be "antiamerican"? It think that's a slur against American patriots who merely want an accounting - a public investigation - of what happened, and why the Johnson administration may have actively prevented the rescue of American sailors. From your indifference to this issue, I have to assume 1) you had no relatives aboard the Liberty; and 2) you may be one of those peacnicks who doesn't support American troops.
You slander Admiral Moorer and other American leaders who wear our uniform when you suggest that they're "Conspiracy theorists" merely because they want an investigation of why the Liberty was shot at over a period of some time, and why the Johnson administration may have actively prevented the rescue of the men of the Liberty. These were American soldiers and sailors. You don't care about what happened to them and why?
I consider your statement a vicious slander of Admiral Moorer, who is a patriot who cares about the men of the Liberty. Why were they shot at, with 32 being killed? Why didn't the Johnson administration, apparently, thwart rescue attempts? There's never been an open and public hearing or investigation by Congress. And when historians get together, as they did recently, to discuss that war, this incident often gets short shrift. Admirar Moorer thinks that's a disservice to the men who were shot and the men who died. It's despicable for you to slander his concerns by slinging a slur at him. Are the survivors of the Liberty - - - American troops all --- who have urged an official investigation all these years, also "antisemites"? If you think that, you have about as much respect for our troops as the peaceniks in the street.
Evidence? You don't have anymore evidence for that explanation than we have for any other explanation - - - yet it's curious, with no evidence one way or the other, you leap to blame America first. You're Like the Leftists: America's wrong and others can do no wrong.
Excuse me? You want this incident to go uninvestigated? That tells me you don't support American troops, and you had no relatives aboard the Liberty. You're one of the blame-American-troops-first bunch. (Whereas others -- or at least those who shot the Liberty, and, it seems, Lyndon Johnson, who for some reason didn't rescue the Liberty sailors, can do no wrong in your eyes)
Sounds like you're one of those Leftists who's a hater of the American military. What other conclusion can I draw by your slur on Admiral Moorer and the men of the Liberty?
So, with you sophmoric crayon picture, you want to make the point that Admiral Moorer (and the other retired military leaders, and the survivors of the Liberty) are idiots. That's like Bill Clinton calling Bush a lowlife.
Of course, there has been nothing comparable to the Warren Commission for the Liberty. No official investigation. Shows how little regard our leaders have for our men in uniform. (Some freepers don't support the troops, either - - or at least not the sailors of the Liberty, because they slander people like Admiral Moorer who want an investigation of what happened and why the Johnson administration didn't come to these men's aid)
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