- 02 Oct 2005 07:06
#725523
Ok fine lets begin.
Confusion in a long line of communications, which occurred in a tense atmosphere on both the American and Israeli sides five messages from the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the ship to remain at least 25 miles — the last four said 100 miles — off the Egyptian coast arrived after the attack was over, instead the ship was 14 miles off the coast of a battle zone at one point.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told Congress on July 26, 1967: “It was the conclusion of the investigatory body, headed by an admiral of the Navy in whom we have great confidence, that the attack was not intentional.â€
In 1987, McNamara repeated his belief that the attack was a mistake, telling a caller on the “Larry King Show†that he had seen nothing in the 20 years since to change his mind that there had been no “coverÂup.â€
Two former U.S. officials, Ernest Castle, the United States Naval Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv in June 1967, who received the first report of the attack from Israel, and John Hadden, then CIA Chief of Station in Tel Aviv, also agreed with the assessment that the attack on the Liberty was a mistake.
January 2004, the State Department held a conference on the Liberty incident and also released new documents, including CIA memos dated June 13 and June 21, 1967, that say that Israel did not know it was striking an American vessel. The historian for the National Security Agency, David Hatch, said the available evidence "strongly suggested" Israel did not know it was attacking a U.S. ship.
As for they had a flag up, we say that we could not see, they say that we had to have seen, well American Pilots screw up too it seems. In April 1994, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters with large U.S. flags painted on each side were shot down by U.S. Air Force F-15s on a clear day in the “no fly†zone of Iraq, killing 26 people.
Oh and please for the love of god do not base your claims on what Rowland Evans and Robert Novak said, since they were completely wrong and the person in the war room when the decision was allegedly made Gen. Benni Matti, does not exist.
Also going back to the flag, the sea was calm that day and the flag was thus most likely drooping so as to add to the problam of identafication.
Confusion in a long line of communications, which occurred in a tense atmosphere on both the American and Israeli sides five messages from the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the ship to remain at least 25 miles — the last four said 100 miles — off the Egyptian coast arrived after the attack was over, instead the ship was 14 miles off the coast of a battle zone at one point.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told Congress on July 26, 1967: “It was the conclusion of the investigatory body, headed by an admiral of the Navy in whom we have great confidence, that the attack was not intentional.â€
In 1987, McNamara repeated his belief that the attack was a mistake, telling a caller on the “Larry King Show†that he had seen nothing in the 20 years since to change his mind that there had been no “coverÂup.â€
Two former U.S. officials, Ernest Castle, the United States Naval Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv in June 1967, who received the first report of the attack from Israel, and John Hadden, then CIA Chief of Station in Tel Aviv, also agreed with the assessment that the attack on the Liberty was a mistake.
January 2004, the State Department held a conference on the Liberty incident and also released new documents, including CIA memos dated June 13 and June 21, 1967, that say that Israel did not know it was striking an American vessel. The historian for the National Security Agency, David Hatch, said the available evidence "strongly suggested" Israel did not know it was attacking a U.S. ship.
As for they had a flag up, we say that we could not see, they say that we had to have seen, well American Pilots screw up too it seems. In April 1994, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters with large U.S. flags painted on each side were shot down by U.S. Air Force F-15s on a clear day in the “no fly†zone of Iraq, killing 26 people.
Oh and please for the love of god do not base your claims on what Rowland Evans and Robert Novak said, since they were completely wrong and the person in the war room when the decision was allegedly made Gen. Benni Matti, does not exist.
Also going back to the flag, the sea was calm that day and the flag was thus most likely drooping so as to add to the problam of identafication.
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