Reply #112: Denial may make it for Bush, but it doesn't cut it here

[Submariner]

The only thing the sailors would know is that they were under attack. It was a tragic accident, as all credible persons have indicated.

To make that statement is to say the Liberty sailors who said they waved at the low flying Israeli planes and received a friendly acknowledgement is untrue. Your calling the jewish sailors who witnessed this liars?

In the late ‘90s a spook that flew an AWACS type plane above it all stated that he heard the Israeli pilot acknowledge to ground command that he was observing a US ship FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG well before the attack began.

"Fog of war" is very real (even more so in 1967 than now), and your efforts to deny it serve only to highlight a dire lack of understanding in military affairs.

Oh really….I was on a submarine offshore of Gibraltor while the attack was happening, and was privy to the radio traffic real time. Nice try though.

There was a very informative thread on this on DU1. The Magistrate and Lithos (one of the FA/NS Moderators) both presented a compelling case in support of the position that it was merely a tragic accident, despite the best efforts of certain people who have axes to grind against Israel.

Yes, I was there for those discussions, and intelligent responses all. But that still didn’t make them right. I guess I had the advantage of living and experiencing the real time atmosphere of the military-political tensions of that time in that part of the world. If I didn’t maybe I would have agreed with Magistrate and Lithos.

Ya, I have an axe to grind against any foreign Navy that machine guns our lifeboats and sailors trying to get into them. I would hope you would too.

We need a congressional hearing to bring closure to this.