Monday, October 27, 2003
(12:32 AM) | Anonymous:
You Cried the Union Forever, but That Was Untrue Girl
From a friend's away message, I've just read one of the most puzzling articles I've ever seen.
I think I'll let you read it for yourself as I'm still pretty baffled, but apparently back in 1967 Israel attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 people and injuring over 170 more. A subsequent investigation concluded it was a mistaken identity, as Israel had just entered the 7 days' war with Egypt. However, on wednesday, the lawyer in charge of the whole investigation submitted a signed affidavit saying that Lyndon B. Johnson told him to "conclude that the attack was a case of 'mistaken identity'.
In addition, an independent study was done by a group involving a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairperson, a former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and other military personnel concluded this was "one of the classic All-American cover ups."
The panel suggested that perhaps Israel was hoping to sink the Liberty and blame it on Egypt in order to bring the US into that war.
Adding to the strangeness, my friend personally emailed this story to the newsdesk of both CNN and the NY Times, both saw it..but neither ran it. It's just strange to me, because things like 'Scary Movie 3 Smashes Records' top both sites.
I'm really not trying to be anti-semitic or anything, I love the Jewish people, I just worry sometimes about the state of Israel. But beyond that..it just doesn't make sense..this story just baffles me. I mean like, you know, this is something rather big, our major ally (nearly?) sunk one of our ships and the man in charge of the investigation basically lets everyone know there was a cover up. It would seem like people would want to know what was being covered up, and why.
Basically, I guess I just feel bad for Johnson and his crew, because it seems like they didn't need to go through all the hassle, as no one really would have cared anyway. I don't know.
