[Dubya]

The Liberty Incident By A. Jay Cristol, Univ. of Miami, 1997.

[Poohbah]

You do realize that the Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs generally follows a Wahabbist Waco line--because they're funded by Wahabbist Wackos?

[TheAngryClam]

I remember a story I used to hear that I think applies to the sailors' situation.

Four "less than stellar" students were enrolled in a mathematics class, and carpooled to school together, which lead to them skipping class together. One day, they inadvertantly skipped an important exam. They begged their professor to allow them to make up the exam, arguing that they missed class because their car had a flat tire that morning. Even though they had missed a lot of class, he agreed. The students were pretty proud that the professor bought their lies. When they came to take the test, the professor put each of them into different corners, and passed out the test. There was only one question on the page: "(100% of your grade) Which tire was it that was flat?"